Diversity and characterization of bacteria associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent crab Austinograea sp. comparing with those of two shallow-water crabs by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis

Na Zhang; Chengwen Song; Minxiao Wang; Yuan Liu; Min Hui; Zhaoxia Cui

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187842

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Diversity and characterization of bacteria associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent crab Austinograea sp. comparing with those of two shallow-water crabs by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis

Na Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Na Zhang, Chengwen Song

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Chengwen Song ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Na Zhang, Chengwen Song

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Minxiao Wang,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Marine Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Deep Sea Research Center, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Yuan Liu,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Min Hui,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China
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Zhaoxia Cui

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: zhxcui@qdio.ac.cn

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, National & Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Ecological Mariculture, Qingdao, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4096-2453

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Diversity and characterization of bacteria associated with the deep-sea hydrothermal vent crab Austinograea sp. comparing with those of two shallow-water crabs by 16S ribosomal DNA analysis

Na Zhang,
Chengwen Song,
Minxiao Wang,
Yuan Liu,
Min Hui,
Zhaoxia Cui

Published: November 9, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0187842

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