From the Andes to the desert: First characterization of bacterial communities in the Rimac river, the main source of water for Lima, Peru
P. E. Romero, E. Calla-Quispe, C. Castillo-Vilcahuaman, M. Yokoo, H. Lino Fuentes-Rivera, J. L. Ramirez, A. J. Ibanez, P. Wong
The paper characterizes bacterial communities in the Rimac river using 16S rRNA sequencing, finding higher diversity in upper sections and identifying potential pathogens in the lower section.
bioRxiv · Aug 16, 2020Microbiology