Distribution and diversity of eukaryotic microalgae in Kuwait waters assessed using 18S rRNA gene sequencing

Vinod Kumar; Sabah Al Momin; Vanitha V. Kumar; Jasim Ahmed; Lamya Al-Musallam; Anisha B. Shajan; Hamed Al-Aqeel; Hamad Al-Mansour; Walid M. Al-Zakri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0250645

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Distribution and diversity of eukaryotic microalgae in Kuwait waters assessed using 18S rRNA gene sequencing

Vinod Kumar ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: vinodk@kisr.edu.kw

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3733-4197

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Sabah Al Momin,

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

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Vanitha V. Kumar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Jasim Ahmed,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Lamya Al-Musallam,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Anisha B. Shajan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Hamed Al-Aqeel,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Hamad Al-Mansour,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Walid M. Al-Zakri

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Kuwait, Kuwait
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Distribution and diversity of eukaryotic microalgae in Kuwait waters assessed using 18S rRNA gene sequencing

Vinod Kumar,
Sabah Al Momin,
Vanitha V. Kumar,
Jasim Ahmed,
Lamya Al-Musallam,
Anisha B. Shajan,
Hamed Al-Aqeel,
Hamad Al-Mansour,
Walid M. Al-Zakri

Published: April 26, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250645

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