Assessing microbial diversity in open-pit mining: Metabarcoding analysis of soil and pit microbiota across operational and restoration stages

• Priscila Heredia Reto,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru, Tumbes National University, Tumbes, Peru,

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• Rosita Castillo Rogel,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• Gabriela Palomino Lucano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Buenaventura SA, San Isidro, Lima, Peru

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• Jean Louis Falen,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Buenaventura SA, San Isidro, Lima, Peru

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• Ricardo David Avellan Laguno,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Xiamen Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Health, Center for Excellence in Regional Atmospheric Environment, Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China, IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• Karina Zapata Vidaurre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• Marisol Saavedra Febre,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• Gabriel Reyes Calle,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• Juan Zingg Rosell,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Minera La Zanja SRL, San Isidro, Lima, Peru

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• Jimmy Lopez Perez,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru

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• José Morán Rosillo,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliations IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru, Tumbes National University, Tumbes, Peru,

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• Eric Mialhe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru, Concepto Azul SA, Estero Salado, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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• Benoit Diringer

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: diringerb@incabiotec.com

  Affiliations IncaBiotec SAC, Tumbes, Peru, Concepto Azul SA, Estero Salado, Guayaquil, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6129-1751

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