Archaea in Natural and Impacted Brazilian Environments

Abstract

In recent years, archaeal diversity surveys have received increasing attention. Brazil is a country known for its natural diversity and variety of biomes, which makes it an interesting sampling site for such studies. However, archaeal communities in natural and impacted Brazilian environments have only recently been investigated. In this review, based on a search on the PubMed database on the last week of April 2016, we present and discuss the results obtained in the 51 studies retrieved, focusing on archaeal communities in water, sediments, and soils of different Brazilian environments. We concluded that, in spite of its vast territory and biomes, the number of publications focusing on archaeal detection and/or characterization in Brazil is still incipient, indicating that these environments still represent a great potential to be explored.

Long-Term Effects of Periodical Fires on Archaeal Communities from Brazilian Cerrado Soils

“…Brazil is a country widely known for its continental proportions, with many different terrestrial landscapes and biomes. However, in spite of its notable biodiversity, studies focusing on archaeal diversity in natural Brazilian environments are still scarce, with only about 50 studies published in the last 20 years according to a recent review by Rodrigues et al [14]. Most of these studies investigated archaeal communities in soils from the Amazon or Atlantic Forest biomes, but very few have focused on archaeal diversity of the Brazilian savanna, also known as Cerrado [15–19].…”

Chemical, diversity and biotechnological potential of endophytic fungi isolated from Brazilian Cerrado plants

“…The Cerrado, also known as the Brazilian savanna, is the second largest biome in Brazil and is located mainly in the central part of the country (Figure 1). In this biome, there is a rich chemical and biological diversity associated with plant species and microorganisms that can withstand extreme environments, such as high temperature and poor water availability over a long period of the year (Rodrigues et al 2016). The Cerrado has ~7,000 plant species and it is estimated that ~4,400 of these are endemic, potentially edible, medicinal, wood suppliers, and other industrial raw materials (ICMBio 2018, Silva et al 2015.…”