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Eukaryotic Communities in Aquatic Mesocosms with and without Calcined Dolomite Investigated Using 18S rRNA Amplicon-Based Metagenomics.

ABSTRACT: We report the 18S rRNA gene amplicon data from aquatic mesocosms with and without calcined dolomite. Intramacronucleata and Eumetazoa were present in roughly the same amounts in the water phase in both mesocosms. Chlorophyceae and several groups were detected as the major eukaryotes in the microbes attached to the calcined dolomite surface.

SUBMITTER: Itaya Y

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8638599 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Eukaryotic Communities in Aquatic Mesocosms with and without Calcined Dolomite Investigated Using 18S rRNA Amplicon-Based Metagenomics.

Itaya Yuki Y Nakamura Shogo S Akiyama Tatsushi T Kuninishi Kenji K

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We report the 18S rRNA gene amplicon data from aquatic mesocosms with and without calcined dolomite. Intramacronucleata and Eumetazoa were present in roughly the same amounts in the water phase in both mesocosms. Chlorophyceae and several groups were detected as the major eukaryotes in the microbes attached to the calcined dolomite surface. ...[more]

PMID: 34854723

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Eukaryotic Communities in Aquatic Mesocosms with and without Calcined Dolomite Investigated Using 18S rRNA Amplicon-Based Metagenomics.

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Eukaryotic Communities in Aquatic Mesocosms with and without Calcined Dolomite Investigated Using 18S rRNA Amplicon-Based Metagenomics.

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