Metagenome Sequences of Sediment from a Recovering Industrialized Appalachian River in West Virginia

David H Huber; Ifeoma R Ugwuanyi; Sridhar A Malkaram; Natalia A Montenegro-Garcia; Vadesse Lhilhi Noundou; Jesus E Chavarria-Palma

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00350-18

Metagenome Sequences of Sediment from a Recovering Industrialized Appalachian River in West Virginia

Genome Announc. 2018 May 3;6(18):e00350-18. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00350-18.

Authors

David H Huber^{1

2}, Ifeoma R Ugwuanyi^{3

2}, Sridhar A Malkaram³, Natalia A Montenegro-Garcia^{3

2}, Vadesse Lhilhi Noundou^{3

2}, Jesus E Chavarria-Palma^{3

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, USA huberdh@wvstateu.edu.
² Gus R. Douglass Institute, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, USA.
³ Department of Biology, West Virginia State University, Institute, West Virginia, USA.

Abstract

We sequenced two metagenomes from upper sediment layers (0 to 5 and 6 to 10 cm) from the Kanawha River, West Virginia. The watershed includes inputs from the forested Appalachian Mountains, surface coal mining, municipal residues, and extensive chemical manufacturing. The dominant bacterial phyla were Proteobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, and Chloroflexi Xenobiotic degradation pathways were present.