In this work, we have characterized the microbial diversity in mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones of the water column (500, 1000 m and 1250 m depth) and bottom sediment from the Marmara Sea by amplifying, cloning and sequencing archaeal, bacterial and eukaryotic small-subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) genes and by direct pyrosequencing of environmental DNA from 1000 m-deep plankton and sediment (approximately 35 Mbp, respectively).
More...In this work, we have characterized the microbial diversity in mesopelagic and bathypelagic zones of the water column (500, 1000 m and 1250 m depth) and bottom sediment from the Marmara Sea by amplifying, cloning and sequencing archaeal, bacterial and eukaryotic small-subunit rRNA (SSU rRNA) genes and by direct pyrosequencing of environmental DNA from 1000 m-deep plankton and sediment (approximately 35 Mbp, respectively).
The plankton sample was recovered from the water column in the Central Basin of the Marmara Sea (40° 50.3'N 28°1.4' E) at 1000m depth.
The sediment sample was recovered from the Central Basin of the Marmara Sea at 1,300 m depth (40° 46.8'N and 29°6.1' E).
A comparative metagenomics analysis of these data with that of previous studies of deep-sea and surface plankton, subsurface deep-sea sediment, whale carcasses and soil reveals interesting trends.
HM103388-HM103902 are ribosomal RNA sequences associated with this study.
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