Title: Variety of novel species in Qatar marine ecosystem
Abstract:
The Arabian Gulf surrounding Qatar is distinct from other marine ecosystems due to its high salinity, limited rainfall, extreme water temperature fluctuations and furthermore, in the last decade, Qatar has been witnessing an industrial boom as well as extensive infrastructure construction activities. This study was undertaken to study the microbial diversity in Qatar marine environment.
Marine micro-organisms, including bacteria and fungi, remain largely unexplored in the Arabian Gulf. During studies, we investigated the diversity of marine bacteria and fungi in coastal waters around Qatar.
Water samples were collected during two seasons from 14 different sites along the coast of the Arabian Gulf surrounding Qatar. To reveal the microbial diversity of this environment, we isolated bacteria and fungi from water samples collected at the Inland Sea and the isolation and identification of microorganisms were identified by sequence analyses using phenotypic, biochemical, and molecular barcoding methods.
As a result, A variety of bacteria and fungi were isolated from the Qatari marine Environment and then the isolation of Novel microorganism from Qatari Marine Environment.
