Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences of Novel Prokaryotic Species from the Mercury-Contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.

Minjae KimRegina L WilpiszeskiMichael WellsAnn M WymoreCaitlin M GionfriddoScott C BrooksMircea Podar Dwayne A Elias

Published in: Microbiology resource announcements (2021)

We sequenced two metagenomes of sediments from the East Fork Poplar Creek in the Oak Ridge Reservation (Oak Ridge, TN), a natural stream that has been contaminated with Hg from upstream sources, and we reconstructed 28 metagenome-assembled genomes of novel prokaryotic species.

Keyphrases

heavy metals
drinking water
risk assessment
genetic diversity
genome wide
gene expression