Metagenome Sequencing of Prokaryotic Microbiota Collected from Byron Glacier, Alaska

Cold environments, such as glaciers, are large reservoirs of microbial life. The present study employed 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenomic sequencing to survey the prokaryotic microbiota on Alaskan glacial ice, revealing a rich and diverse microbial community of some 2,500 species of bacteria and ar...

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Published in:Genome Announcements
Main Authors: Choudhari, Sulbha, Smith, Sean, Owens, Sarah, Gilbert, Jack A., Shain, Daniel H., Dial, Roman J., Grigoriev, Andrey
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2013
Subjects:
Prokaryotes
glacier
glaciers
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623000
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23516217
https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00099-13
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Summary:Cold environments, such as glaciers, are large reservoirs of microbial life. The present study employed 16S rRNA gene amplicon metagenomic sequencing to survey the prokaryotic microbiota on Alaskan glacial ice, revealing a rich and diverse microbial community of some 2,500 species of bacteria and archaea.

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