ena-STUDY-MPI BREMEN-05-05-2017-08:27:58:453-30
Microbial life on a sand grain: from bulk sediment to single sand grains
Globally, marine surface sediments constitute a habitat for estimated 1.7 × 10^26 prokaryotes. For benthic microbial community analysis, usually several grams of sediment are processed. In this study, we made the step from bulk sediments to single sand grains to address the microbial community directly in its micro-habitat: the individual bacterial diversity on 17 sand grains was analyzed by 16S rRNA gene tag sequencing.
Globally, marine surface sediments constitute a habitat for estimated 1.7 × 10^26 prokaryotes. For benthic microbial community analysis, usually several grams of sediment are processed. In this study, we made the step from bulk sediments to single sand grains to address the microbial community directly in its micro-habitat: the individual bacterial diversity on 17 sand grains was analyzed by 16S rRNA gene tag sequencing.