Articles | Volume 18, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-113-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-113-2021
Research article
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08 Jan 2021
Research article |  | 08 Jan 2021

Characterization of particle-associated and free-living bacterial and archaeal communities along the water columns of the South China Sea

Jiangtao Li, Lingyuan Gu, Shijie Bai, Jie Wang, Lei Su, Bingbing Wei, Li Zhang, and Jiasong Fang

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Few studies have focused on the particle-attached (PA) and free-living (FL) microbes of the deep ocean. Here we determined PA and FL microbial communities along depth profiles of the SCS. PA and FL fractions accommodated divergent microbial compositions, and most of them are potentially generalists with PA and FL dual lifestyles. A potential vertical connectivity between surface-specific microbes and those in the deep ocean was indicated, likely through microbial attachment to sinking particles.
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