Metagenomes from Thawing Low-Soil-Organic-Carbon Mineral Cryosols and Permafrost of the Canadian High Arctic

ABSTRACT Microbial release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost is a global concern. Seventy-six metagenomes were generated from low-soil-organic-carbon mineral cryosols from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, during a controlled thawing experiment. Permafrost thawing resulted in an increa...

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Published in:Genome Announcements
Main Authors: Chauhan, Archana, Layton, Alice C., Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A., Williams, Daniel, Pfiffner, Susan M., Rekepalli, Bhanu, Stackhouse, Brandon, Lau, Maggie C. Y., Phelps, Tommy J., Mykytczuk, Nadia, Ronholm, Jennifer, Whyte, Lyle, Onstott, Tullis C., Sayler, Gary S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomea.01217-14
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/genomeA.01217-14
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Summary:ABSTRACT Microbial release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost is a global concern. Seventy-six metagenomes were generated from low-soil-organic-carbon mineral cryosols from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, during a controlled thawing experiment. Permafrost thawing resulted in an increase in anaerobic fermenters and sulfate-reducing bacteria but not methanogens.