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Phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacteria in surface seawater from the Drake Passage, Antarctica

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The Drake Passage is located between the Antarctic Peninsula and Tierra del Fuego in the south of South America. Surface seawater samples were collected at seven sites in the Drake Passage during the austral summer of 2012. The 16S rRNA sequences were analyzed from 187 isolated bacterial strains. Three phyla, 29 genera and 56 species were identified. The three phyla were Actinobacteria, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria; the Proteobacteria included α-Proteobacteria, β-Proteobacteria and γ-Proteobacteria. γ-Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria and Firmicutes were the dominant class or phyla in terms of quantity and species. Gram-positive bacteria (Actinobacteria and Firmicutes) accounted for 57.8% of all types identified. There were nine dominant genera, including Curtobacterium, Staphylococcus, and Halomonas, and 14 dominant species including Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens, Curtobacterium pusillum, and Staphylococcus sciuri. Of the strains identified, 87.2% were catalase positive or weakly positive.

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    Zhao Li  (李昭), Mengxin Xing  (邢孟欣), Wei Wang  (王伟), Dan Wang  (王丹), Jiancheng Zhu  (朱建成) & Mi Sun  (孙谧)

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Supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China-United Fund (No. U1406402-5), the Postdoctoral Researcher Applied Research Project Funding of Qingdao, China (No. Q51201407), and the International Cooperation and Exchanges in Science and Technology (No. 2014DFG30890)

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Li, Z., Xing, M., Wang, W. et al. Phylogenetic diversity of culturable bacteria in surface seawater from the Drake Passage, Antarctica. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 34, 952–963 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-016-5132-z

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