The microbiome of the Black Sea water column analyzed by shotgun and genome centric metagenomics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Black Sea is the largest brackish water body in the world, although it is connected to the Mediterranean Sea and presents an upper water layer similar to some regions of the former, albeit with lower salinity and temperature. Despite its well-known hydrology and physicochemical features, this enormous water mass remains poorly studied at the microbial genomics level.

Results

We have sampled its different water masses and analyzed the microbiome by shotgun and genome-resolved metagenomics, generating a large number of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from them. We found various similarities with previously described Black Sea metagenomic datasets, that show remarkable stability in its microbiome. Our datasets are also comparable to other marine anoxic water

SUBMITTER: Cabello-Yeves PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8067304 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature