Microbial diversity of biofilm communities in microniches associated with the didemnid ascidian Lissoclinum patella

• Main Authors: Behrendt, Lars, Trampe, Erik, Norman, Anders, Kühl, Michael, Larkum, Anthony W. D., Sørensen, Søren J.
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103601; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/16901
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We assessed the microbial diversity and microenvironmental niche characteristics in the didemnid ascidian Lissoclinum patella using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, microsensor and imaging techniques. L. patella harbors three distinct microbial communities spatially separated by few millimeters of tunic ti...