Here we investigated the diversity of bacterial communities from deep-sea surface
sediments under influence of asphalt seeps at the Sao Paulo Plateau using next-generation
sequencing method. Sampling was performed at North São Paulo Plateau using the human
occupied vehicle Shinkai 6500 and her support vessel Yokosuka. The microbial diversity
was studied at two surficial sediment layers (0–1 and 1–4 cm) of five samples collected in
cores in water depths ranging from 2456 to 2728 m. Bacterial communities were studied …

Here we investigated the diversity of bacterial communities from deep-sea surface
sediments under influence of asphalt seeps at the Sao Paulo Plateau using next-generation
sequencing (NGS) method. Sampling was performed at North São Paulo Plateau using the
human occupied vehicle Shinkai 6500 and her support vessel Yokosuka. The microbial
diversity was studied at two surficial sediment layers (0-1 and 1-4 cm) of five samples
collected in cores in water depths ranging from 2,456-2,728 m. Bacterial communities were …