All Atlantic ocean sampling day South America

The study of the marine microbiome is essential to understanding the health of our oceans and their impact on the planet. These microorganisms play a crucial role in the regulation of biogeochemical cycles, oxygen production, degradation of pollutants and the marine food chain. In addition, the marine microbiome influences the global climate and is a valuable resource for biotechnology and medicine. Investigating this microscopic world helps us protect our marine ecosystems and address urgent environmental challenges. DNA analysis through techniques such as amplicon sequencing (metabarcoding) allows the identification of both prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbial species in water samples. Metagenomics, on the other hand, gives us the ability to sequence all the genes present in the microbiome, providing information about gene abundances involved in metabolic pathways (profiles functional) and at different taxonomic levels (taxonomic profiles). Ocean Sampling Day (OSD) is a global scientific campaign that aims to analyze marine biodiversity and microbial function using molecular sequencing techniques. This dataset contains 2 occurrences that were taken in Puerto Colombia and Barranquilla the 9th of september 2023, both are identified up to domain Eukarya and Prokaryota.

Citation: Gutiérrez Castañeda C G, Huber P, Barraza Amador B C, Sarmento H, Arboleda Baena C M, Rovira Mariano T D J (2025): All Atlantic ocean sampling day South America. v1.0. Universidad Libre. Dataset/Samplingevent. https://ipt.biodiversidad.co/sib/resource?r=unilibre_red_aa-osd&v=1.0

Published: March 14, 2025 at 14:08

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