mSystems (Jun 2021)

Freshwater <i>Chlorobia</i> Exhibit Metabolic Specialization among Cosmopolitan and Endemic Populations

  • Sarahi L. Garcia,
  • Maliheh Mehrshad,
  • Moritz Buck,
  • Jackson M. Tsuji,
  • Josh D. Neufeld,
  • Katherine D. McMahon,
  • Stefan Bertilsson,
  • Chris Greening,
  • Sari Peura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.01196-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 3

Abstract

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The reconstruction of genomes from metagenomes has helped explore the ecology and evolution of environmental microbiota. We applied this approach to 274 metagenomes collected from diverse freshwater habitats that spanned oxic and anoxic zones, sampling seasons, and latitudes.