Archaea in the Gulf of Aqaba.

@article{Ionescu2009ArchaeaIT,
  title={Archaea in the Gulf of Aqaba.},
  author={Danny Ionescu and Sigrid Penno and Maya Haimovich and Branko Rihtman and Aram Goodwin and Daniel Schwartz and Lena Hazanov and Mark Chernihovsky and Anton F. Post and Aharon Oren},
  journal={FEMS microbiology ecology},
  year={2009},
  volume={69 3},
  pages={
          425-38
        }
}
Using a polyphasic approach, we examined the presence of Archaea in the Gulf of Aqaba, a warm marine ecosystem, isolated from major ocean currents and subject to pronounced seasonal changes in hydrography. Catalyzed reported deposition FISH analyses showed that Archaea make up to >20% of the prokaryotic community in the Gulf. A spatial separation between the two major phyla of Archaea was observed during summer stratification. Euryarchaeota were found exclusively in the upper 200 m, whereas… 
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