Bacterial Diversity in a Dynamic and Extreme Sub-Arctic Watercourse (Pasvik River, Norwegian Arctic)

• Published in: Water
• Main Authors: Maria Papale, Alessandro Ciro Rappazzo, Anu Mikkonen, Carmen Rizzo, Federica Moscheo, Antonella Conte, Luigi Michaud, Angelina Lo Giudice
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: bacterial diversity; NGS; river sediment and water; sub-Arctic system; Arctic; Pasvik; Climate change
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/w12113098

Microbial communities promptly respond to the environmental perturbations, especially in the Arctic and sub-Arctic systems that are highly impacted by climate change, and fluctuations in the diversity level of microbial assemblages could give insights on their expected response. 16S rRNA gene amplic...