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Epipelagic microbiome of the Small Aral Sea: Metagenomic structure and ecological diversity

  • Microbial diversity studies regarding the aquatic communities that experienced or are experiencing environmental problems are essential for the comprehension of the remediation dynamics. In this pilot study, we present data on the phylogenetic and ecological structure of microorganisms from epipelagic water samples collected in the Small Aral Sea (SAS). The raw data were generated by massive parallel sequencing using the shotgun approach. As expected, most of the identified DNA sequences belonged to Terrabacteria and Actinobacteria (40% and 37% of the total reads, respectively). The occurrence of Deinococcus-Thermus, Armatimonadetes, Chloroflexi in the epipelagic SAS waters was less anticipated. Surprising was also the detection of sequences, which are characteristic for strict anaerobes—Ignavibacteria, hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria, and archaeal methanogenic species. We suppose that the observed very broad range of phylogenetic and ecological features displayed by the SAS reads demonstrates a more intensive mixing of water masses originating from diverse ecological niches of the Aral-Syr Darya River basin than presumed before.

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Author:Madina Alexyuk, Andrey Bogoyavlenskiy, Pavel Alexyuk, Yergali Moldakhanov, Vladimir E. Berezin, Ilya DigelORCiD
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1142
ISSN:2045-8827
Parent Title (English):MicrobiologyOpen
Publisher:Wiley
Place of publication:Weinheim
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Tag:Small Aral Sea; ecological structure; metagenomics; microbial diversity; shotgun sequencing
Volume:10
Issue:1
First Page:1
Last Page:10
Note:
Corresponding author: Ilya Digel
Link:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1142
Zugriffsart:weltweit
Institutes:FH Aachen / Fachbereich Medizintechnik und Technomathematik
FH Aachen / IfB - Institut für Bioengineering
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
collections:Verlag / Wiley
Open Access / Gold
Geförderte OA-Publikationen / DEAL Wiley
Licence (German): Creative Commons - Namensnennung