Metatranscriptome of marine bacterioplankton during winter time in the North Sea assessed by total RNA sequencing

Mar Genomics. 2015 Feb:19:45-6. doi: 10.1016/j.margen.2014.11.001. Epub 2014 Nov 15.

Abstract

Marine metatranscriptome data was generated as part of a study investigating the bacterioplankton communities towards the end of a diatom-dominated spring phytoplankton bloom. This genomic resource article reports a metatranscriptomic dataset from amidst the winter time prior to the occurrence of the spring diatom bloom. Up to 58% of all sequences could be assigned to predicted genes. Taxonomic analysis based on expressed 16S ribosomal RNA genes identified Alphaproteobacteria and Gammaproteobacteria as the most active community members.

Keywords: Bacterioplankton; CAZymes; Membrane transporter; Metatranscriptomics; Proteorhodopsin; TonB.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Bacteria / metabolism
  • Base Sequence
  • Eutrophication*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • North Sea
  • Plankton / genetics*
  • Plankton / metabolism
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics
  • Seasons*
  • Sequence Analysis, RNA
  • Transcriptome*

Substances

  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S