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From the Andes to the desert: 16S rRNA metabarcoding characterization of aquatic bacterial communities in the Rimac river, the main source of water for Lima, Peru

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dc.contributor.author Romero, P.E.
dc.contributor.author Calla-Quispe, E.
dc.contributor.author Castillo-Vilcahuaman, C.
dc.contributor.author Yokoo, M.
dc.contributor.author Fuentes-Rivera, H.L.
dc.contributor.author Ramirez, J.L.
dc.contributor.author Ampuero, A.
dc.contributor.author Ibáñez, A.J.
dc.contributor.author Wong, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-18T21:44:15Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-18T21:44:15Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/9373
dc.description.abstract The Rimac river is the main source of water for Lima, Peru's capital megacity. The river is constantly affected by different types of contamination including mine tailings in the Andes and urban sewage in the metropolitan area. In this work, we aim to produce the first characterization of aquatic bacterial communities in the Rimac river using a 16S rRNA metabarcoding approach which would be useful to identify bacterial diversity and potential understudied pathogens. We report a lower diversity in bacterial communities from the Lower Rimac (Metropolitan zone) in comparison to other sub-basins. Samples were generally grouped according to their geographical location. Bacterial classes Alphaproteobacteria, Bacteroidia, Campylobacteria, Fusobacteriia, and Gammaproteobacteria were the most frequent along the river. Arcobacter cryaerophilus (Campylobacteria) was the most frequent species in the Lower Rimac while Flavobacterium succinicans (Bacteroidia) and Hypnocyclicus (Fusobacteriia) were the most predominant in the Upper Rimac. Predicted metabolic functions in the microbiota include bacterial motility and quorum sensing. Additional metabolomic analyses showed the presence of some insecticides and herbicides in the Parac-Upper Rimac and Santa Eulalia-Parac sub-basins. The dominance in the Metropolitan area of Arcobacter cryaerophilus, an emergent pathogen associated with fecal contamination and antibiotic multiresistance, that is not usually reported in traditional microbiological quality assessments, highlights the necessity to apply next-generation sequencing tools to improve pathogen surveillance. We believe that our study will encourage the integration of omics sciences in Peru and its application on current environmental and public health issues en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Rivers en_US
dc.subject Metabolomics en_US
dc.subject Urban areas en_US
dc.subject Campylobacter en_US
dc.subject Water pollution en_US
dc.subject Bacterial pathogens en_US
dc.subject Ribosomal RNA en_US
dc.subject Metabolic analysis en_US
dc.title From the Andes to the desert: 16S rRNA metabarcoding characterization of aquatic bacterial communities in the Rimac river, the main source of water for Lima, Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250401
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.12
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.06.01
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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