Comparative metagenomics indicates metabolic niche differentiation of benthic and planktonic Woeseiaceae.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Benthic microbiomes exhibit remarkable temporal stability, contrasting with the dynamic, substrate-driven successions of bacterioplankton. Nonetheless, understanding their role in carbon cycling and interactions between these two microbial communities is limited due to the complexity of benthic microbiomes.

Results

Here, we used a long-reads (LRs) metagenomic approach to examine benthic microbiomes and compared them to the microbiomes in the overlaying water column and on particles, sampled at the same site and time off the island Heligoland in the North Sea. Although the diversity is vast in marine sediments, we recovered high quality metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs). Based on taxonomy and metabolic annotation of predicted proteins, benthic microbiomes are dis

SUBMITTER: Viver T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12175321 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature