PRJNA213315
Geothermal Springs Targeted Locus (Loci)
Studies to date suggest that this temperature-diversity gradient relationship is weak or nonexistent for Bacteria and Archaea. To test the impact of temperature as well as pH on prokaryotic diversity, we performed pyrotag sequencing of 16S rRNA genes retrieved from 165 soil, sediment and biomat samples of 36 geothermal areas in Canada and New Zealand, covering a temperature range of 7.5-99 °C and a pH range of 1.8-9.0. This represents the widest ranges of temperature and pH yet examined in a single microbial diversity study.