Metagenome-Assembled Genomes of Novel Taxa from an Acid Mine Drainage Environment.

ABSTRACT: Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a global problem in which iron sulfide minerals oxidize and generate acidic, metal-rich water. Bioremediation relies on understanding how microbial communities inhabiting an AMD site contribute to biogeochemical cycling. A number of studies have reported community composition in AMD sites from 16S rRNA gene amplicons, but it remains difficult to link taxa to function, especially in the absence of closely related cultured species or those with published genomes. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of genomes and cultured taxa from AMD environments. Here, we report 29 novel metagenome-assembled genomes from Cabin Branch, an AMD site in the Daniel Boone National Forest, Kentucky, USA. The genomes span 11 bacterial phyla and one archaeal phylum and include taxa that c

SUBMITTER: Grettenberger CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8357290 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature