16S rRNA amplicon sequencing of seawater microbiota from Rayong Province, Thailand, affected by oil spills

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Apr 11;13(4):e0096623. doi: 10.1128/mra.00966-23. Epub 2024 Mar 1.

Authors

Komkiew Pinpimai¹, Porntep Punnarak¹, Tongchai Thitiphuree¹, Se Songploy¹, Arnupap Panichpol¹, Anchalee Chankong², Suchana Chavanich^{1

3}, Voranop Viyakarn^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Aquatic Resources Research Institute, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
² Department of Marine and Coastal Resources, Bangkok, Thailand.
³ Reef Biology Research Group, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Abstract

We reported on microbial communities isolated from 18 seawater samples affected by oil spills in Rayong province, Thailand, using the V3-V4 region of 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Keywords: 16S rRNA; Thailand; microbiota; oil spills; seawater.

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