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Microbial Characterization of Qatari Barchan Sand Dunes

This study represents the first characterization of sand microbiota in migrating barchan sand dunes. Bacterial communities were studied through direct counts and cultivation, as well as 16S rRNA gene and metagenomic sequence analysis to gain an understanding of microbial abundance, diversity, and po...

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Autores principales: Abdul Majid, Sara, Graw, Michael F., Chatziefthimiou, Aspassia D., Nguyen, Hanh, Richer, Renee, Louge, Michel, Sultan, Ali A., Schloss, Patrick, Hay, Anthony G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27655399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161836