Uncovering the genomic potential of the Amazon River microbiome to degrade rainforest organic matter.

Célio Dias Santos-JúniorHugo SarmentoFernando Pellon de MirandaFlávio Henrique-SilvaRamiro Logares

Published in: Microbiome (2020)

Our work contributes to expand significantly our comprehension of the world's largest river microbiome and its potential metabolism related to TeOM degradation. Furthermore, the produced gene catalogue (AMnrGC) represents an important resource for future research in tropical rivers. Video abstract.

Keyphrases

organic matter
copy number
water quality
climate change
genome wide
current status
human health
dna methylation
genome wide identification
genome wide analysis