Microbial eukaryote, bacterial and archaeal diversity of serpentinized fluid sediments (Samail Ophiolite, Oman)

The aim of the project is to investigate microbial eukaryote diversity in sediments of serpentinized fluid with a focus on protist diversity. Samples were collected from systems that range in pH (~8 to > 11). This project includes an assessment of archaeal and bacterial diversity to evaluate potential correlations between microbial eukaryote and prokaryote diversity. 18S and 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing was conducted with the the 2 x 250 MiSeq Illumina platform.