Lake Erie ice is a repository of organisms.

Opeoluwa F IwaloyeBrenna MichaudTessa AlloyNigel D'SouzaRobert Michael L McKayPaul MorrisColby GuraScott O Rogers

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2024)

Organism abundance and diversity were assessed in Lake Erie ice samples using sequences derived from a combined metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis. The 68,417 unique sequences were from Bacteria (77.5%), Eukarya (22.3%), and Archaea (0.2%) and indicated diverse species of organisms from 32 bacterial, 8 eukaryotic, and 2 archaeal taxonomic groups.

Keyphrases

antibiotic resistance genes
gram negative
genetic diversity
water quality
multidrug resistant
microbial community
wastewater treatment
data analysis