Pyrosequencing Characterization of the Microbiota from Atlantic Intertidal Marine Sponges Reveals High Microbial Diversity and the Lack of Co-Occurrence Patterns

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Anoop Alex,

Affiliations CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 177, 4050–123, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo, Alegre, 4169–007, Porto, Portugal
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Agostinho Antunes

* E-mail: aantunes@ciimar.up.pt

Affiliations CIIMAR/CIMAR, Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Rua dos Bragas 177, 4050–123, Porto, Portugal, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo, Alegre, 4169–007, Porto, Portugal
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