Genomic and metagenomic insights into the microbial community of a thermal spring

Abstract Background Water springs provide important ecosystem services including drinking water supply, recreation, and balneotherapy, but their microbial communities remain largely unknown. In this study, we characterized the spring water microbiome of Comano Terme (Italy) at four sampling points o...

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Main Authors: Renato Pedron, Alfonso Esposito, Irene Bianconi, Edoardo Pasolli, Adrian Tett, Francesco Asnicar, Mario Cristofolini, Nicola Segata, Olivier Jousson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-019-0625-6