Sediment microbial diversity (16S) of the Mazoma, Tsopeli,Tsoukalio, Rodia and Logarou lagoons (February 2011)

Sediment microbial diversity was investigated at the lagoonal complex of the Amvrakikos Gulf (Ionian Sea, Western Greece). Sampling was conducted in February of 2011. DNA was extracted from sediment and PCR amplification followed with primers targeting the V5-V6 region of the 16S rDNA gene. The amplicons were sequenced using the 454 GS FLX Titanium Series (Roche).