High-Throughput Sequencing Analysis of the Actinobacterial Spatial Diversity in Moonmilk Deposits

• Main Authors: Marta Maciejewska (Author), Magdalena Całusińska (Author), Luc Cornet (Author), Delphine Adam (Author), Igor S. Pessi (Author), Sandrine Malchair (Author), Philippe Delfosse (Author), Denis Baurain (Author), Hazel A. Barton (Author), Monique Carnol (Author), Sébastien Rigali (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Moonmilk are cave carbonate deposits that host a rich microbiome, including antibiotic-producing Actinobacteria, making these speleothems appealing for bioprospecting. Here, we investigated the taxonomic profile of the actinobacterial community of three moonmilk deposits of the cave "Grotte des...