Metagenomics of Brava and Tebenquiche lakes microbial mats
Citation
MGnify (2019). Metagenomics of Brava and Tebenquiche lakes microbial mats. Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/uft5fu accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-16.Description
Atacama region in Chile is one of the most arid locations in the world. Extreme conditions in the area include: high UV irradiation, hypersalinity, drastic temperature changes, and desiccation. Hypersaline lakes can be found in this environment, and therein, bacterial communities thrive in microbial mats and other structures. WGS metagenomics allows to analyze the genes in the environment and infer functional and taxonomic diversity, and also their influence in the biogeochemical setting. In the datasets from this project, two microbial mats from lakes Brava and Tebenquiche, in Atacama region in Chile, were analyzed.Sampling Description
Sampling
Atacama region in Chile is one of the most arid locations in the world. Extreme conditions in the area include: high UV irradiation, hypersalinity, drastic temperature changes, and desiccation. Hypersaline lakes can be found in this environment, and therein, bacterial communities thrive in microbial mats and other structures. WGS metagenomics allows to analyze the genes in the environment and infer functional and taxonomic diversity, and also their influence in the biogeochemical setting. In the datasets from this project, two microbial mats from lakes Brava and Tebenquiche, in Atacama region in Chile, were analyzed.Method steps
- Pipeline used: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/metagenomics/pipelines/4.1
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Bibliographic Citations
- Kurth D, Elias D, Rasuk MC, Contreras M, Farías ME. 2021. Carbon fixation and rhodopsin systems in microbial mats from hypersaline lakes Brava and Tebenquiche, Salar de Atacama, Chile. PLoS One vol. 16 - DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0246656
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