Sediment microbial community structure associated to different ecological types of mangroves in Celestun, a coastal lagoon in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.

ABSTRACT: Mangroves are unique coastal ecosystems, which have many important ecological functions, as they are a reservoir of many marine species well adapted to saline conditions and are fundamental as sites of carbon storage. Although the microbial contribution to nutrient cycling in these ecosystems has been well recognized, there is a lack of information regarding the microbial composition and structure of different ecological types of mangrove forests. In this study, we characterized the microbial community (Bacteria and Archaea) in sediments associated with five ecological types of mangrove forests in a coastal lagoon dominated by Avicennia germinans and Rhizophora mangle, through 16S rRNA-V4 gene sequencing. Overall, Proteobacteria (51%), Chloroflexi (12%), Gemmatimonadetes (5%)

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Acata ES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9921989 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature