North Sea plastic incubation and reference communities, raw sequence reads
Citation
MGnify (2019). North Sea plastic incubation and reference communities, raw sequence reads. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uc3naq accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-22.Description
The study investigated the influence of seasonal and biogeographical factors on composition and structure of microbial communities colonizing plastic water bottles in the North Sea. Additionally, glass slides and background seawater were sampled.Sampling Description
Sampling
The study investigated the influence of seasonal and biogeographical factors on composition and structure of microbial communities colonizing plastic water bottles in the North Sea. Additionally, glass slides and background seawater were sampled.Method steps
- Pipeline used: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/pipelines/4.1
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Bibliographic Citations
- Oberbeckmann S, Osborn AM, Duhaime MB. 2016. Microbes on a Bottle: Substrate, Season and Geography Influence Community Composition of Microbes Colonizing Marine Plastic Debris. PLoS One vol. 11 - DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0159289
Contacts
originatorLeibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
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Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
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Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research