Multi‐omics of the Soil Microbiome
- Biological Sciences Pacific Northwest Nat'l. Lab. Richland WA, Biological Sciences Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Richland WA
TheArctic is characterized by vast amounts of carbon stored in permafrost and isan important focal point for the study of climate change as increasing temperature may accelerate microbially‐mediated release of carbon stored inpermafrost into the atmosphere as CO 2 and CH 4 . Yet surprisingly, very little is known about the vulnerability of permafrost andresponse of microorganisms in the permafrost to their changing environment. To address these knowledge gaps we used omics technologiesto explore permafrost microbial communities, to reveal hitherto unknown soilmicrobial populations and to link them to specific soil biogeochemical processes. For these projects we employed an omics pipeline that includes metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics to determine the phylogenetic and functional gene compositions and their expression in complex, non‐sterile soil samples collected from the field at several locations in Alaska. These studies have presented several challenges due to the unprecedented large size of the datasets and the insufficiency of available bioinformatic tools & databases to analyze, correlate and integrate thedata. To address these challenges we developed a novel functional gene databaseand used different assembly and analysis algorithms to determine key featuresin the datasets. The data reveal the microbial diversity, composition andfunctional potential in permafrost and how the microbial communities respond toclimate change impacts.
Support or Funding Information
Microbiomes in Transition, LDRD, Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Richland, Washington
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- OSTI ID:
- 1786664
- Journal Information:
- FASEB Journal, Journal Name: FASEB Journal Journal Issue: S1 Vol. 30; ISSN 0892-6638
- Publisher:
- FASEBCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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