Robust Archaeal and Bacterial Communities Inhabit Shallow Subsurface Sediments of the Bonneville Salt Flats

ABSTRACT We report the first census of natural microbial communities of the Bonneville Salt Flats (BSF), a perennial salt pan at the Utah-Nevada border. Environmental DNA sequencing of archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA genes was conducted on samples from multiple evaporite sediment layers collected fr...

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Main Authors: Julia M. McGonigle, Jeremiah A. Bernau, Brenda B. Bowen, William J. Brazelton
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b9b614374cc441a69195b36bcf85869d
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