Taxonomy and functional profile of microbial communities across the depths of the Alpine Cenote Abyss ice cave [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInvestigating the geomicrobiology of the cryosphere offers insights into past climate dynamics and the potential impacts of ongoing climate change. Here, we present the characterization of the microbial communities inhabiting ice sediments collected at ...
Stefano Fedi +6 more
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Distinctive prokaryotic microbiomes in sympatric plant roots from a Yucatan cenote [PDF]
BMC Research Notes, 2021 Objective Cenotes are flooded caves in Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula. Many cenotes are interconnected in an underground network of pools and streams forming a vast belowground aquifer across most of the peninsula.
Alejandra Escobar-Zepeda +7 more
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Insights into the Chemical Diversity of Selected Fungi from the Tza Itzá Cenote of the Yucatan Peninsula [PDF]
ACS Omega, 2022 Cenotes are habitats with unique physical, chemical, and biological features. Unexplored microorganisms from these sinkholes represent a potential source of bioactive molecules. Thus, a series of cultivable fungi (Aspergillus spp.
Carlos Antonio Fajardo-Hernández +2 more
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International Journal of Speleology, 2020 Folia are speleothems that resemble bells, inverted cups, or bracket fungi, and whose origins are still controversial. Cenote Zapote (an underwater cave) in the Yucatán Peninsula (México), is home to some of the largest folia reported to date.
Fernando Gázquez +1 more
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Restoring the environment, revitalizing the culture: cenote conservation in Yucatan, Mexico
Ecology and Society, 2017 Cenotes are sinkholes through which groundwater may be accessed from the Yucatan Peninsula Aquifer. Historically and culturally, cenotes are also important cultural and spiritual natural sites for the Maya, but they have been contaminated and degraded ...
Yolanda Lopez-Maldonado, Fikret Berkes
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Benthic species assemblages change through a freshwater cavern-type cenote in the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico [PDF]
Subterranean Biology, 2022 We studied benthic assemblages through X-Batún, a continental freshwater cenote and its associated submerged cave located in San Antonio Mulix (Yucatán, Mexico). Using cave diving techniques, we collected sediment samples at four zones of the system.
Dorottya Angyal +4 more
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Exploring the microbial communities in coastal cenote and their hidden biotechnological potential. [PDF]
Microb GenomBacterial secondary metabolites are crucial bioactive compounds with significant therapeutic potential, playing key roles in ecological processes and the discovery of novel antimicrobial agents and natural products.
Contreras-de la Rosa PA +4 more
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ANATOMY OF A CENOTE WITH USE OF DRON
Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems, 2021 Background: Detailed geomorphological analysis of the karst depressions in Yucatán has received little attention because the measurement of morphometric parameters taken in the field involves a lot of work, time and costs.
Gonzalo Neftaly Gijón-Yescas +3 more
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Acute histoplasmosis in four immunocompetent Canadian travellers to a cenote in Yucatán, Mexico. [PDF]
Can Commun Dis RepA group of four healthy Canadian travellers visited a cenote in the Yucatán peninsula in April 2024 and subsequently developed symptomatic histoplasmosis.
MacBain E +3 more
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An Unusual Occurrence of Nautilus macromphalus in a Cenote in the Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia) [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Exploration of a landlocked cenote on Lifou (Loyalty Islands) revealed 37 shells of the cephalopod Nautilus macromphalus Sowerby, 1849, in saltwater on the cenote floor, approximately 40 m below the water surface.
Neil H Landman +2 more
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