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SUBMITTER: Pereira LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4763313 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pereira Letícia Bianca LB Vicentini Renato R Ottoboni Laura M M LM
Genetics and molecular biology 20151103 4
The core microbiota of a neutral mine drainage and the surrounding high heavy metal content soil at a Brazilian copper mine were characterized by 16S rDNA pyrosequencing. The core microbiota of the drainage was dominated by the generalist genus Meiothermus. The soil samples contained a more heterogeneous bacterial community, with the presence of both generalist and specialist bacteria. Both environments supported mainly heterotrophic bacteria, including organisms resistant to heavy metals, altho ...[more]