Diversity and spatiotemporal variations in bacterial and archaeal communities within Kuwaiti territorial waters of the Northwest Arabian Gulf

Saja A. Fakhraldeen; Sakinah Al-Haddad; Nazima Habibi; Surendraraj Alagarsamy; Sabeena F. K. Habeebullah; Abdulmuhsen K. Ali; Walid M. Al-Zakri

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291167

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Diversity and spatiotemporal variations in bacterial and archaeal communities within Kuwaiti territorial waters of the Northwest Arabian Gulf

Saja A. Fakhraldeen ,

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

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

Affiliation Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3919-0270

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Sakinah Al-Haddad,

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait
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Nazima Habibi,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biotechnology Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Shuwaikh, Kuwait
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Surendraraj Alagarsamy,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait
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Sabeena F. K. Habeebullah,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait
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Abdulmuhsen K. Ali,

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

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

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2069-6378

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Walid M. Al-Zakri

Roles Resources

Affiliation Ecosystem-based Management of Marine Resources Program, Environment and Life Sciences Research Center, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, Salmiya, Kuwait
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Diversity and spatiotemporal variations in bacterial and archaeal communities within Kuwaiti territorial waters of the Northwest Arabian Gulf

Saja A. Fakhraldeen,
Sakinah Al-Haddad,
Nazima Habibi,
Surendraraj Alagarsamy,
Sabeena F. K. Habeebullah,
Abdulmuhsen K. Ali,
Walid M. Al-Zakri

Published: November 16, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291167

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