Microbial diversity in intensively farmed lake sediment contaminated by heavy metals and identification of microbial taxa bioindicators of environmental quality

Abstract The cumulative effects of anthropogenic stress on freshwater ecosystems are becoming increasingly evident and worrisome. In lake sediments contaminated by heavy metals, the composition and structure of microbial communities can change and affect nutrient transformation and biogeochemical cy...

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Main Authors: María Custodio, Ciro Espinoza, Richard Peñaloza, Tessy Peralta-Ortiz, Héctor Sánchez-Suárez, Alberto Ordinola-Zapata, Enedia Vieyra-Peña
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-03949-7