16S rRNA Gene Diversity in Ancient Gray and Pink Salt from San Simon Salt Mines in Tarija, Bolivia.

ABSTRACT: DNA from 250 million-year-old pink and gray salts from mines in Tarija, Bolivia, subjected to 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and analysis provided evidence for similar but distinct prokaryotic communities. The results constitute a snapshot of archaeal and bacterial microorganisms in these remote and ancient salt deposits.

SUBMITTER: Pecher WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7545279 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature