Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau ...

• Main Author: Luyao Kang
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: permafrost
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12798898; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.12798898

Microbes in Tibetan permafrost This project repository associated with the following manuscript: Luyao Kang, Yutong Song, Rachel Mackelprang, Dianye Zhang, Shuqi Qin, Leiyi Chen, Linwei Wu, Yunfeng Peng and Yuanhe Yang*. Metagenomic insights into microbial community structure and metabolism in alpine permafrost on the Tibetan Plateau. Abstract Permafrost, characterized by its frozen soil, serves as a unique habitat for diverse microorganisms. Understanding these microbial communities is crucial for predicting the response of permafrost ecosystems to climate change. However, large-scale evidence regarding stratigraphic variations in microbial profiles remains limited. Here, we analyze microbial community structure and functional potential based on 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and metagenomic data obtained from a ∼1,000 km permafrost transect on the Tibetan Plateau. We find that microbial alpha diversity declines but beta diversity increases down the soil profile. Microbial assemblages are primarily ...