Shifts in the Microbial Community Composition of Gulf Coast Beaches Following Beach Oiling

• Ryan J. Newton,

  Affiliation School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Susan M. Huse,

  Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

  Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Hilary G. Morrison,

  Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Colin S. Peake,

  Current address: School of Natural Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

  Affiliation School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Mitchell L. Sogin,

  Affiliation Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Sandra L. McLellan

  * E-mail: mclellan@uwm.edu

  Affiliation School of Freshwater Sciences, Great Lakes WATER Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

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