Metagenomic analysis of basal ice from an Alaskan glacier
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2018-07-05Author
Kayani, Masood ur Rehman
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Doyle, Shawn M.
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Sangwan, Naseer
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Wang, Guanqun
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Gilbert, Jack A.
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Christner, Brent C.
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Zhu, Ting F.
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https://hdl.handle.net/1912/10457As published
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0505-5DOI
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Microbiome; Metagenomics; Glacier; Basal ice layerAbstract
Glaciers cover ~ 10% of land but are among the least explored environments on Earth. The basal portion of glaciers often harbors unique aquatic microbial ecosystems in the absence of sunlight, and knowledge on the microbial community structures and their metabolic potential is very limited. Here, we provide insights into the microbial lifestyle present at the base of the Matanuska Glacier, Alaska. DNA and RNA were extracted from samples of the Matanuska Glacier basal ice. Using Illumina MiSeq and HiSeq sequencing, we investigated the microbial diversity with the metagenomic shotgun reads and 16S ribosomal RNA data. We further assembled 9 partial and draft bacterial genomes from the metagenomic assembly, and identified key metabolic pathways such as sulfur oxidation and nitrification. Collectively, our analyses suggest a prevalence of lithotrophic and heterotrophic metabolisms in the subglacial microbiome. Our results present the first metagenomic assembly and bacterial draft genomes for a subglacial environment. These results extend our understanding of the chemical and biological processes in subglacial environments critically influenced by global climate change.
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© The Author(s), 2018. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in Microbiome 6 (2018): 123, doi:10.1186/s40168-018-0505-5.
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