Metagenomes from thawing low-soil-organic-carbon mineral cryosols and permafrost of the Canadian high Arctic

  • Archana Chauhan
  • , Alice C. Layton
  • , Tatiana A. Vishnivetskaya
  • , Daniel Williams
  • , Susan M. Pfiffner
  • , Bhanu Rekepalli
  • , Brandon Stackhouse
  • , Maggie C.Y. Lau
  • , Tommy J. Phelps
  • , Nadia Mykytczuk
  • , Jennifer Ronholm
  • , Lyle Whyte
  • , Tullis C. Onstott
  • , Gary S. Sayler

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Abstract

Microbial release of greenhouse gases from thawing permafrost is a global concern. Seventy-six metagenomes were generated from low-soil-organic-carbon mineral cryosols from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada, during a controlled thawing experiment. Permafrost thawing resulted in an increase in anaerobic fermenters and sulfate-reducing bacteria but not methanogens.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere01217-14
JournalGenome Announcements
Volume2
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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