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Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiling of bacterial communities composition in Arabian Sea

DRS at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography

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Title Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis profiling of bacterial communities composition in Arabian Sea
 
Creator Singh, S.K.
Ramaiah, N.
 
Subject Bacterial community
DGGE
monsoon
gammaproteobacteria
 
Description Denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) was used to elucidate spatial and temporal variations in bacterial community composition (BCC) from four locations along the central west coast of India. DNA extracts from 36 water samples collected from surface, mid-depth (approx.10 m) and close to bottom (approx.20 m) during premonsoon, postmonsoon, monsoon were analyzed by PCR for amplifying variable region of 16S rRNA gene and subsequently through DGGE. Prominent bands were excised, cloned and sequenced indicated the preponderance of gammaproteobacteria, bacteroidetes and cyanobacteria. Non-metric dimensional scaling of the DGGE gels indicated that the spatial variations in BCC were prominent among the sampling locations. Temporal variations in the BCC appear to be influenced by monsoonal processes. The canonical correspondence analyses suggest that the concentration of chlorophyll a and nitrate are two important environmental factors for both spatial and temporal variations in BCC. Chlorophyll a seems to be impart a top-down control of BCC while nitrate, the bottom-up control. Our results also suggest that BCC can vary over a small geographic distance in highly dynamic, seasonally predisposed tropical coastal waters.
 
Date 2011-06-15T12:07:21Z
2011-06-15T12:07:21Z
2011
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Journal of Environmental Biology,vol.32(3); 2011; 339-346
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/3856
 
Language en
 
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