Characterization of the core microbiota of the drainage and surrounding soil of a Brazilian copper mine

AbstractThe 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...

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Main Authors: Letícia Bianca Pereira, Renato Vicentini, Laura M.M. Ottoboni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2015-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572015005050025&lng=en&tlng=en