Application of Ion Torrent Sequencing to the Assessment of the Effect of Alkali Ballast Water Treatment on Microbial Community Diversity

• Masanori Fujimoto ,

  * E-mail: mfujimot@med.wayne.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Gregory A. Moyerbrailean,

  Affiliations Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Sifat Noman,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jason P. Gizicki,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Michal L. Ram,

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Phyllis A. Green,

  Affiliation Isle Royale National Park, National Park Service, Houghton, Michigan, United States of America

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• Jeffrey L. Ram

  Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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