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. 2014 Oct 23;2(5):e01083-14.
doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01083-14.

Metagenomic assessment of the eastern oyster-associated microbiota

Ashvini Chauhan  1 , Denis Wafula  2 , Dawn E Lewis  2 , Ashish Pathak  2
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Metagenomic assessment of the eastern oyster-associated microbiota

Ashvini Chauhan et al. Genome Announc. .

Abstract

Bacteria associated with the Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) native to Apalachicola Bay, FL, were investigated using 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenomic sequencing which revealed that the oyster microbiome was predominated by Cyanobacteria and Proteobacteria. We also found that the oyster tissues were predominated by the pathogenic and symbiotic Photobacterium spp. (formerly known as Vibrio damselae).

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