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Intermediate-salinity systems at high altitudes in the peruvian andes unveil a high diversity and abundance of bacteria and viruses

dc.contributor.author Castelán-Sánchez H.G. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Elorrieta P. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Romoacca P. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Liñan-Torres A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Sierra J.L. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Vera I. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Batista-García R.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Tenorio-Salgado S. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Lizama-Uc G. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Pérez-Rueda E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Quispe-Ricalde M.A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Dávila-Ramos S. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2019
dc.description.abstract Intermediate-salinity environments are distributed around the world. Here, we present a snapshot characterization of two Peruvian thalassohaline environments at high altitude, Maras and Acos, which provide an excellent opportunity to increase our understanding of these ecosystems. The main goal of this study was to assess the structure and functional diversity of the communities of microorganisms in an intermediate-salinity environment, and we used a metagenomic shotgun approach for this analysis. These Andean hypersaline systems exhibited high bacterial diversity and abundance of the phyla Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Balneolaeota, and Actinobacteria; in contrast, Archaea from the phyla Euryarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota, and Crenarchaeota were identified in low abundance. Acos harbored a more diverse prokaryotic community and a higher number of unique species compared with Maras. In addition, we obtained the draft genomes of two bacteria, Halomonas elongata and Idiomarina loihiensis, as well as the viral genomes of Enterobacteria lambda-like phage and Halomonas elongata-like phage and 27 partial novel viral halophilic genomes. The functional metagenome annotation showed a high abundance of sequences associated with detoxification, DNA repair, cell wall and capsule formation, and nucleotide metabolism; sequences for these functions were overexpressed mainly in bacteria and also in some archaea and viruses. Thus, their metabolic profiles afford a decrease in oxidative stress as well as the assimilation of nitrogen, a critical energy source for survival. Our work represents the first microbial characterization of a community structure in samples collected from Peruvian hypersaline systems. © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10110891
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85074622912
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/2690
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartof Genes
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Virus
dc.subject Intermediate salinity es_PE
dc.subject Metagenomics es_PE
dc.subject Microbiome es_PE
dc.subject Peruvian Andes es_PE
dc.subject.ocde http://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.04.03
dc.title Intermediate-salinity systems at high altitudes in the peruvian andes unveil a high diversity and abundance of bacteria and viruses
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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