16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing of Contaminated Coastal Sediment Collected from the Taehwa River Estuary, South Korea

Hee-Eun Woo; Junho Lee; Jong-Oh Kim; In-Cheol Lee; Seokjin Yoon; Kyunghoi Kim

doi:10.1128/MRA.00230-21

16S rRNA Gene Amplicon Sequencing of Contaminated Coastal Sediment Collected from the Taehwa River Estuary, South Korea

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 May 13;10(19):e00230-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00230-21.

Authors

Hee-Eun Woo¹, Junho Lee², Jong-Oh Kim³, In-Cheol Lee¹, Seokjin Yoon⁴, Kyunghoi Kim⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ocean Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
² Research Vessel Nara, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
³ Institute of Marine Biotechnology, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea.
⁴ Dokdo Fisheries Research Center, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Pohang, Republic of Korea.
⁵ Department of Ocean Engineering, Pukyong National University, Busan, Republic of Korea hoikim@pknu.ac.kr.

Abstract

The Taehwa River Estuary is one of the largest enclosed bays in east Korea. In order to understand the environment of the Taehwa River Estuary, the microbial diversity in the sediment of the estuary was investigated through 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The predominant phyla in all locations were Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes.