Biodiversity of magnetotactic bacteria in the tropical marine environment of Singapore revealed by metagenomic analysis

• Main Authors: Tan, Shi Ming, Muhammad Hafiz Ismail, Cao, Bin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Bacteria; Science::Biological sciences::Microbiology::Microbial ecology; Magnetotactic Bacteria; Metagenomics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146081
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Most studies on the diversity of magnetotactic bacteria (MTB) have been conducted on samples obtained from the Northern or the Southern hemispheres. The diversity of MTB in tropical Asia near the geo-equator, with a close-to-zero geomagnetic inclination, weak magnetic field and constantly high seawa...