title: Inner Harbour 8 Bacteria Duplicate 2
organism: uncultured marine bacterium
description: Gove Harbour, Melville Bay, Northern Territory, Australia. Map co-ordinates E683280 S8651330. Coastal marine sediment collected up to 10cm depth with a Van Veen sediment grab. Sediment was sulfidic and anoxic, with Eh readings consistently below -250meV. Neutral pH, very fine particles, organic carbon content 0.7 - 2.5%. Contains hydrotalcite and heavy metals. Total DNA was extracted from sediment and PCR amplified using primers specific for bacterial 16S rRNA.