Exploring the taxonomical and functional profile of As Burgas hot spring focusing on thermostable β-galactosidases.

ABSTRACT: In the present study we investigate the microbial community inhabiting As Burgas geothermal spring, located in Ourense (Galicia, Spain). The approximately 23 Gbp of Illumina sequences generated for each replicate revealed a complex microbial community dominated by Bacteria in which Proteobacteria and Aquificae were the two prevalent phyla. An association between the two most prevalent genera, Thermus and Hydrogenobacter, was suggested by the relationship of their metabolism. The high relative abundance of sequences involved in the Calvin-Benson cycle and the reductive TCA cycle unveils the dominance of an autotrophic population. Important pathways from the nitrogen and sulfur cycle are potentially taking place in As Burgas hot spring. In the assembled reads, two complete ORFs matching GH2

SUBMITTER: DeCastro ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7794327 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature