Microbial life in a fjord: metagenomic analysis of a microbial mat in Chilean patagonia.

ABSTRACT: The current study describes the taxonomic and functional composition of metagenomic sequences obtained from a filamentous microbial mat isolated from the Comau fjord, located in the northernmost part of the Chilean Patagonia. The taxonomic composition of the microbial community showed a high proportion of members of the Gammaproteobacteria, including a high number of sequences that were recruited to the genomes of Moritella marina MP-1 and Colwelliapsycherythraea 34H, suggesting the presence of populations related to these two psychrophilic bacterial species. Functional analysis of the community indicated a high proportion of genes coding for the transport and metabolism of amino acids, as well as in energy production. Among the energy production functions, we found protein-coding genes fo

SUBMITTER: Ugalde JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3756073 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature