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- Title
Magnetotactic bacteria population in a pristine French Atlantic lagoon.
- Authors
Pradel, Nathalie; Fuduche, Maxime; Ollivier, Bernard
- Abstract
In this study, we report for the first time the presence of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) on the Northeastern Atlantic coast. Microscopy observations indicated a heterogeneous population of MTB morphotypes. The analysis of the 16S rDNA by pyrosequencing technology revealed four operational taxonomic sequence units affiliated within the Magnetococcales order, class Alphaproteobacteria. One of them was closely related to sequences of MTB from the Tunisian coast, central Mediterranean Sea. This work offers information on anew environmental context and on biogeography of MTB, highlights the putative impact that marine currents may have on MTB distribution on Earth, and underlines the role that pristine or polluted areas may play on the structure of the MTB communites.
- Subjects
MAGNETOTACTIC bacteria; RECOMBINANT DNA research; OCEAN currents; NANOCRYSTALS; IRON oxides
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 1, p691
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-015-5322-9