Open AccessMicrobial Diversity of the Red Sea Urchin Loxechinus albus during Controlled Farming in Puerto Montt, Chile, Using 16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing
Author(s) -
Daniel A. Medina,
Rudy Suárez,
Marcos Godoy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00851-19
Subject(s) - 16s ribosomal rna , sea urchin , biology , ecology , pyrosequencing , amplicon sequencing , fishery , zoology , gene , genetics
Loxechinus albus is a shallow-water sea urchin, and its distribution is related to the cold water of the Southern Hemisphere. Recently, bacterial communities, also called microbiota, in sea urchins have started being explored. In this report, we have characterized the surface, testa, and gonad microbiota using 16S rRNA sequencing.