Microbial Diversity in Mangrove Sediments of the Amazon Coast

Mangroves provide a unique ecological environment for complex microbial communities. They are particularly important in controlling the chemical environment of the ecosystem. Microbial diversity analyzes of these ecosystems help us to understand the environmental dynamics and the changes due to impacts. Amazonian mangroves are distributed by Amapa, Para and Maranhao states occupying an area of 9 thousand km2 and correspond to 70% of the mangroves in Brazil, in which studies on microbial biodiversity are extremely rare.The present study aimed to determine changes in microbial community structure along the PA-458 highway that divided the mangrove