Metagenomes in the Borderline Ecosystems of the Antarctic Cryptoendolithic Communities

Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities are microbial ecosystems dwelling inside rocks of the Antarctic desert. We present the first 18 shotgun metagenomes from these communities to further characterize their composition, biodiversity, functionality, and adaptation. Future studies will integrate taxo...

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Published in:Microbiology Resource Announcements
Main Authors: Coleine, Claudia, Albanese, Davide, Onofri, Silvano, Tringe, Susannah G., Pennacchio, Christa, Donati, Claudio, Stajich, Jason E., Selbmann, Laura
Other Authors: Cuomo, Christina A., Italian National Program for Antarctic Research, CIFAR, HHS | National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Subjects:
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mra.01599-19
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/MRA.01599-19
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Summary:Antarctic cryptoendolithic communities are microbial ecosystems dwelling inside rocks of the Antarctic desert. We present the first 18 shotgun metagenomes from these communities to further characterize their composition, biodiversity, functionality, and adaptation. Future studies will integrate taxonomic and functional annotations to examine the pathways necessary for life to evolve in the extremes.

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