The South China Sea Targeted Locus (Loci)
We studied bacterial community along two transects from the inner of Pearl River mouth to the open water and from the Luzon Strait to the basin in the South China Sea (SCS), using 454 pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA and rDNA (V1-3 regions) for understanding microbial biogeography and diversity from the viewpoint of active versus total bacterial communities.  The South China Sea (SCS) is one of the largest semi-enclosed marginal seas with its deep basin in the tropical-subtropical Western North Pacific.