Krill microbiome

Created 17/11/2025

Updated 17/11/2025

Krill-associated bacterial communities characterised by high-throughput DNA sequencing of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. The data is decribed in 'Clarke LJ, Suter L, King R, Bissett A and Deagle BE (2019) Antarctic Krill Are Reservoirs for Distinct Southern Ocean Microbial Communities. Front. Microbiol. 9:3226. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226' available here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03226/full

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Title Krill microbiome
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/b2b6256f-5653-4410-ab22-9654b45553ed
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 31/01/2016 - 19/02/2016
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Krill microbiome". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/krill-microbiome1