[Coral-List] coral reefs host unfathomable diversity (of microbes)

[Douglas Fenner]

"The largest-ever survey of Pacific Ocean corals has found that coral reefs
are home to microbes with astonishing genetic diversity. Across some 5,000
samples, researchers found more than half a million DNA markers that
indicate the genetic variation of bacteria
<https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=5a571f2489&e=190a62d266>
—
one-fifth of estimates for the diversity of all of Earth’s bacterial and
archaeal communities. The data were collected during a two-year,
100,000-kilometre research voyage, which surveyed the genetic, chemical and
microbial diversity of coral reefs in 249 locations."

Epic voyage finds astonishing microbial diversity among coral reefs

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01807-2?

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

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