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Célio Dias Santos-Júnior1, Luciano Takeshi Kishi1, Danyelle Toyama1
1Department of Genetics and Evolution, Center for Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Tropical freshwater environments, like rivers, are important reservoirs of microbial life. This study employed metagenomic sequencing to survey prokaryotic microbiota in the Solimões, Purus, and Urucu Rivers of the Amazon Basin in Brazil. We report a rich and diverse microbial community.
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