Metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes from benthic microbial mats in ice-covered Lake Vanda, Antarctica

Tyler Powell; Dawn Y Sumner; Anne D Jungblut; Ian Hawes; Tyler Mackey; Christen Grettenberger

doi:10.1128/mra.01250-23

Metagenome-assembled bacterial genomes from benthic microbial mats in ice-covered Lake Vanda, Antarctica

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 May 9;13(5):e0125023. doi: 10.1128/mra.01250-23. Epub 2024 Apr 8.

Authors

Tyler Powell^{1

2}, Dawn Y Sumner¹, Anne D Jungblut³, Ian Hawes⁴, Tyler Mackey⁵, Christen Grettenberger^{1

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA.
² Microbiology Graduate Group, University of California, Davis, USA.
³ Department of Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom.
⁴ Coastal Marine Field Station, University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand.
⁵ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
⁶ Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, USA.

Abstract

We recovered 57 bacterial metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) from benthic microbial mat pinnacles from Lake Vanda, Antarctica. These MAGs provide access to genomes from polar environments and can assist in culturing and utilizing these Antarctic bacteria.

Keywords: Antarctica; metagenome-assembled genomes; microbial mat.

Abstract

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