Shotgun metagenomic analysis of microbial communities from the Loxahatchee nature preserve in the Florida Everglades.

Briana S AbrahamDeniz CaglayanNatalie V CarrilloMatthew C ChapmanClaire T HaganSkye T HansenRalph O JeantyAlexander A KlimczakMarcos J KlinglerThomas P KutcherSydney H LevyAngel A Millard-BruzosThomas B MooreDavid J PrenticeMatthew E PrescottRichard RoehmJordan A RoseMulan YinAyumi HyodoKathleen LailChristopher DaumAlicia ClumAlex CopelandRekha SeshadriTijana Glavina Del RioEmiley A Eloe-FadroshJonathan B Benskin

Published in: Environmental microbiome (2020)

This Everglades soil metagenomic study allowed examination of wetlands biological processes and showed expected correlations between measured organic constituents and prokaryotic gene frequency. Additionally, the taxonomic profile generated gives a basis for the diversity of prokaryotic microbial life throughout the Everglades.

Keyphrases

antibiotic resistance genes
microbial community
wastewater treatment
copy number
gene expression
transcription factor
anaerobic digestion