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SUBMITTER: Hauptmann AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4196135 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hauptmann Aviaja L AL Stibal Marek M Bælum Jacob J Sicheritz-Pontén Thomas T Brunak Søren S Bowman Jeff S JS Hansen Lars H LH Jacobsen Carsten S CS Blom Nikolaj N
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions 20140621 6
The microbial abundance and diversity in snow on ice floes at three sites near the North Pole was assessed using quantitative PCR and 454 pyrosequencing. Abundance of 16S rRNA genes in the samples ranged between 43 and 248 gene copies per millilitre of melted snow. A total of 291,331 sequences were obtained through 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes, resulting in 984 OTUs at 97 % identity. Two sites were dominated by Cyanobacteria (72 and 61 %, respectively), including chloroplasts. The third ...[more]