Bacterial community structure of early-stage biofilms is dictated by temporal succession rather than substrate types in the southern coastal seawater of India

• T. J. Sushmitha,

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

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Meora Rajeev,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Water and Steam Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Facilities, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

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• P. Sriyutha Murthy,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Water and Steam Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Facilities, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

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• S. Ganesh,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India

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• Subba Rao Toleti,

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

  Affiliation Water and Steam Chemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Facilities, Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6467-1773

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• Shunmugiah Karutha Pandian

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

  * E-mail: sk_pandian@alagappauniversity.ac.in

  Affiliation Department of Biotechnology, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2925-0575

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