RESUMO
In the present study the whole bacterial community structure of Tapovan hot spring soil located in the state of Uttarakhand, India was analysed through next generation sequencing. The hot spring soil is slightly alkaline in nature with abundance of sulphur. The spring soil was rich in various metallic and non-metallic elements required for bacterial survival. The community was found to comprise of 14 bacterial phyla with representation of members belonging to Firmicutes, Proteobacteria, Thermi, Bacteroidetes, Aquificae, Actinobacteria, chloroflexi, TM7, Fusobacteria etc. At the genus level Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Symbiobacterium, Thermus, Geobacillus, Anoxybacillus were found in abundance as compared to other genera like Flavobacterium, Ureibacillus, Clostridium, Meiothermus, Acinetobacter, Desulfotomaculum and Rheinheimera.
