Composition of Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbial Communities in Waters around the Florida Reef Tract

The Florida Keys, a delicate archipelago of sub-tropical islands extending from the south-eastern tip Florida, host vast majority only coral barrier reef in continental United States. Abiotic as well microbial components surrounding waters are pivotal for health habitats, and thus could play an important role understanding development transmission diseases Florida. In this study, we analyzed community structure abiotic factors around Reef Tract. Both bacterial eukaryotic were significantly linked with variations temperature, dissolved oxygen, total organic carbon values. High abundances copiotrophic bacteria several potentially harmful microbes, including pathogens, fish parasites taxa that have been previously associated Red Tide shellfish poisoning present our datasets may impact on ecosystem.