Metagenome-assembled genomes of four novel bacterial species from Atlantic rainforest stream sediments in Brazil
Leandro Pio de Sousa, Angie Alejandra Calderon Fajardo, Marcelo Mendes Brandão, Valeria Maia de Oliveira, Gustavo Quevedo Romero · 2026
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Leandro Pio de Sousa and co-authors told in 2026 of draft genomes of four new germ species from stream mud in Brazil's Atlantic rainforest. This biome is rich in life. Yet it is little charted in mud microbe studies, despite human pressure on these waters. Tropical streams host vast microbial life, much of it uncharted at genome level.
The four lines sit within Nitrospirota and Pseudomonadota. They differ from known species by gene identity below 95 percent. They code for paths such as nitrification, denitrification, and break-down of aromatic compounds. Publishing their genomes opens study of nutrient cycles and pollutant break-down in forest streams. The work shows how much novel life still hides in mud of threatened lands.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Leandro Pio de Sousa, Angie Alejandra Calderon Fajardo, Marcelo Mendes Brandão, Valeria Maia de Oliveira, Gustavo Quevedo Romero |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 5 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |