Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter
Globally emitted contaminants accumulate in the Arctic and are stored in the frozen environments of the cryosphere. Climate change influences the release of these contaminants through elevated melt rates, resulting in increased contamination locally. Our understanding of how biological processes int...
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ftdtupubl:oai:pure.atira.dk:publications/68afd1bd-bf32-488c-876f-9f5660e2b671 2024-09-15T17:51:00+00:00 Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter Hauptmann, Aviaja Zenia Edna Lyberth Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas Cameron, Karen A. Bælum, Jacob Plichta, Damian Rafal Dalgaard, Marlene Danner Stibal, Marek 2017 application/pdf https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/68afd1bd-bf32-488c-876f-9f5660e2b671 https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7445 https://backend.orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/134061506/Hauptmann_2017_Environ._Res._Lett._12_074019.pdf eng eng https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/68afd1bd-bf32-488c-876f-9f5660e2b671 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Hauptmann , A Z E L , Sicheritz-Pontén , T , Cameron , K A , Bælum , J , Plichta , D R , Dalgaard , M D & Stibal , M 2017 , ' Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet : Letter ' , Environmental Research Letters , vol. 12 , no. 7 , 074019 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7445 Metagenomics Cryosphere Contamination Greenland ice sheet Microbial ecology /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action article 2017 ftdtupubl https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7445 2024-07-01T23:52:53Z Globally emitted contaminants accumulate in the Arctic and are stored in the frozen environments of the cryosphere. Climate change influences the release of these contaminants through elevated melt rates, resulting in increased contamination locally. Our understanding of how biological processes interact with contamination in the Arctic is limited. Through shotgun metagenomic data and binned genomes from metagenomes we show that microbial communities, sampled from multiple surface ice locations on the Greenland ice sheet, have the potential for resistance to and degradation of contaminants. The microbial potential to degrade anthropogenic contaminants, such as toxic and persistent polychlorinated biphenyls, was found to be spatially variable and not limited to regions close to human activities. Binned genomes showed close resemblance to microorganisms isolated from contaminated habitats. These results indicate that, from a microbiological perspective, the Greenland ice sheet cannot be seen as a pristine environment. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Greenland Ice Sheet Technical University of Denmark: DTU Orbit Environmental Research Letters 12 7 074019 |
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Metagenomics Cryosphere Contamination Greenland ice sheet Microbial ecology /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action name=SDG 13 - Climate Action Hauptmann, Aviaja Zenia Edna Lyberth Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas Cameron, Karen A. Bælum, Jacob Plichta, Damian Rafal Dalgaard, Marlene Danner Stibal, Marek Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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Globally emitted contaminants accumulate in the Arctic and are stored in the frozen environments of the cryosphere. Climate change influences the release of these contaminants through elevated melt rates, resulting in increased contamination locally. Our understanding of how biological processes interact with contamination in the Arctic is limited. Through shotgun metagenomic data and binned genomes from metagenomes we show that microbial communities, sampled from multiple surface ice locations on the Greenland ice sheet, have the potential for resistance to and degradation of contaminants. The microbial potential to degrade anthropogenic contaminants, such as toxic and persistent polychlorinated biphenyls, was found to be spatially variable and not limited to regions close to human activities. Binned genomes showed close resemblance to microorganisms isolated from contaminated habitats. These results indicate that, from a microbiological perspective, the Greenland ice sheet cannot be seen as a pristine environment. |
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Hauptmann, Aviaja Zenia Edna Lyberth Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas Cameron, Karen A. Bælum, Jacob Plichta, Damian Rafal Dalgaard, Marlene Danner Stibal, Marek |
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Hauptmann, Aviaja Zenia Edna Lyberth Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas Cameron, Karen A. Bælum, Jacob Plichta, Damian Rafal Dalgaard, Marlene Danner Stibal, Marek |
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Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet:Letter |
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contamination of the arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the greenland ice sheet:letter |
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Hauptmann , A Z E L , Sicheritz-Pontén , T , Cameron , K A , Bælum , J , Plichta , D R , Dalgaard , M D & Stibal , M 2017 , ' Contamination of the Arctic reflected in microbial metagenomes from the Greenland ice sheet : Letter ' , Environmental Research Letters , vol. 12 , no. 7 , 074019 . https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa7445 |
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