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Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2005-2025
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 8
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24 Apr 2025
Research article |  | 24 Apr 2025

Microbial communities inhabiting 600-year-old sediments in the Inka-Coya Lake located in the Atacama Desert

Coral Pardo-Esté, Juan Castro-Severyn, Francisco Remonsellez, Antonio Maldonado, Inger Heine-Fuster, Hector Pizarro, and Adriana Aránguiz-Acuña

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Inka-Coya Lake is located in the Atacama Desert, and this pioneer study characterized the gradient of microbial life along the deep lacustrine sediments that stratified for over 600 years, since the pre-mining period. Our results indicate there are great taxonomic novelty and strong relationships with geochemical composition especially in Cu, Fe, Ni, and V. We propose a clustering of taxa and function in three zones with characteristic taxonomic and functional potential.
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