Exploratory characterization of bacterial communities and predicted functional profiles in six water samples from four Colombian Andean lakes using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing

Gómez-Palacio, Andrés; Marín-Suarez, Johana; Pedroza-Ramos, Adriana; Aranguren-Riaño, Nelson

doi:10.5194/bg-23-6725-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-23-6725-2026

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Exploratory characterization of bacterial communities and predicted functional profiles in six water samples from four Colombian Andean lakes using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing

Andrés Gómez-Palacio, Johana Marín-Suarez, Adriana Pedroza-Ramos, and Nelson Aranguren-Riaño

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Supplementary information Andrés Gómez-Palacio1*, Johana Marín-Suarez2, Adriana Pedroza-Ramos3, Nelson Aranguren-Riaño3 1Laboratorio de Investigación en Genética Evolutiva - LIGE. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. 2Grupo de Estudios en Genética y Biología Molecular - GEBIMOL. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. 3Unidad de Ecología en Sistemas Acuáticos- UDESA. Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. *Correspondence to: Andrés Gómez-Palacio (amgomezpa@gmail.com) https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22695690

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We surveyed bacterial communities in six water samples from four Colombian Andean highland lakes using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Samples differed in taxonomic composition, diversity, and predicted functional profiles, and low-abundance genera of potential health relevance were detected. Given the limited sampling and lack of concurrent environmental measurements, these findings provide an exploratory baseline rather than evidence of specific environmental or anthropogenic effects.