Combined Analyses of the ITS Loci and the Corresponding 16S rRNA Genes Reveal High Micro- and Macrodiversity of SAR11 Populations in the Red Sea

David Kamanda Ngugi; Ulrich Stingl

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0050274

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Combined Analyses of the ITS Loci and the Corresponding 16S rRNA Genes Reveal High Micro- and Macrodiversity of SAR11 Populations in the Red Sea

David Kamanda Ngugi ,

* E-mail: david.ngugi@kaust.edu.sa

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Ulrich Stingl

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
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Combined Analyses of the ITS Loci and the Corresponding 16S rRNA Genes Reveal High Micro- and Macrodiversity of SAR11 Populations in the Red Sea

David Kamanda Ngugi,
Ulrich Stingl

Published: November 20, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0050274

About the Authors

David Kamanda Ngugi

* E-mail: david.ngugi@kaust.edu.sa

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Ulrich Stingl

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DKN US. Performed the experiments: DKN. Analyzed the data: DKN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US. Wrote the paper: DKN US.

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