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SUBMITTER: Medeiros JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5052392 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct - Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Medeiros Julliane Dutra JD Cantão Maurício Egídio ME Cesar Dionéia Evangelista DE Nicolás Marisa Fabiana MF Diniz Cláudio Galuppo CG Silva Vânia Lúcia VL Vasconcelos Ana Tereza Ribeiro de AT Coelho Cíntia Marques CM
Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] 20160704 4
Rivers and streams are important reservoirs of freshwater for human consumption. These ecosystems are threatened by increasing urbanization, because raw sewage discharged into them alters their nutrient content and may affect the composition of their microbial community. In the present study, we investigate the taxonomic and functional profile of the microbial community in an urban lotic environment. Samples of running water were collected at two points in the São Pedro stream: an upstream prese ...[more]