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A Preliminary Assessment of the Spatial Distribution and Diversity of Microbial Assemblages within an Inland Salt Marsh in South-eastern Michigan, USA

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Ola A Olapade

Microbial communities in the sediments of an inland salt marsh adjacent to a freshwater environment were examined in three locations using high-resolution 16s rRNA gene sequencing approach as well as community diversity analyses. The three sites within the marsh were specifically selected based on their locations relative to the frequently influential Maple River system. In general, a slight biogeographical effect was observed in the relative abundance of most of the bacterial taxa among the sites. Bacterial members belonging to the Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi and Bacteroidetes numerically dominated the sequences among the three sites. The Bacterial Community Compositions (BCC) were more similar among the two sites closer to the adjacent Maple River with the predominance of taxa more co... view more»

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