Community ecology and functional potential of bacteria, archaea, eukarya and viruses in Guerrero Negro microbial mat.

ABSTRACT: In this study, the microbial ecology, potential environmental adaptive mechanisms, and the potential evolutionary interlinking of genes between bacterial, archaeal and viral lineages in Guerrero Negro (GN) microbial mat were investigated using metagenomic sequencing across a vertical transect at millimeter scale. The community composition based on unique genes comprised bacteria (98.01%), archaea (1.81%), eukarya (0.07%) and viruses (0.11%). A gene-focused analysis of bacteria archaea, eukarya and viruses showed a vertical partition of the community. The greatest coverages of genes of bacteria and eukarya were detected in first layers, while the highest coverages of genes of archaea and viruses were found in deeper layers. Many genes potentially related to adaptation to the local environme

SUBMITTER: Maza-Marquez P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831059 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature