Functional metagenomic profiling of nine biomes

Elizabeth A. Dinsdale (), Robert A. Edwards, Dana Hall, Florent Angly, Mya Breitbart, Jennifer M. Brulc, Mike Furlan, Christelle Desnues, Matthew Haynes, Linlin Li, Lauren McDaniel, Mary Ann Moran, Karen E. Nelson, Christina Nilsson, Robert Olson, John Paul, Beltran Rodriguez Brito, Yijun Ruan, Brandon K. Swan, Rick Stevens, David L. Valentine, Rebecca Vega Thurber, Linda Wegley, Bryan A. White and Forest Rohwer
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Elizabeth A. Dinsdale: Department of Biology,
Robert A. Edwards: Department of Biology,
Dana Hall: Department of Biology,
Florent Angly: Department of Biology,
Mya Breitbart: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
Jennifer M. Brulc: and
Mike Furlan: Department of Biology,
Christelle Desnues: Department of Biology,
Matthew Haynes: Department of Biology,
Linlin Li: Department of Biology,
Lauren McDaniel: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
Mary Ann Moran: University of Georgia, Athens, 30602 Georgia, USA
Karen E. Nelson: The J. Craig Venter Institute, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA
Christina Nilsson: Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, 02-01, Genome, Singapore 138672, Singapore
Robert Olson: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
John Paul: University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, 140 7th Avenue South, St Petersburg, Florida 33701, USA
Beltran Rodriguez Brito: Department of Biology,
Yijun Ruan: Genome Institute of Singapore, 60 Biopolis Street, 02-01, Genome, Singapore 138672, Singapore
Brandon K. Swan: University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
Rick Stevens: Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439, USA
David L. Valentine: University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
Rebecca Vega Thurber: Department of Biology,
Linda Wegley: Department of Biology,
Bryan A. White: and
Forest Rohwer: Department of Biology,

Nature, 2008, vol. 452, issue 7187, 629-632

Abstract: Microbial profiles Nearly 15 million sequences were used in a comparative metagenomic study of 45 microbiomes and 42 viriomes (the latter dominated by bacteriophage) from nine distinct types of ecosystem, varying from coral reefs and rivers to deep mines. While the core metabolic traits were represented in microbial genomes from all environments, a characteristic microbial fingerprint was found for each of the nine different ecosystem types based on a roster of metabolic capabilities. The analysis also reveals a surprising array of viral metabolic capabilities, suggesting that viruses may serve as a gene pool for sharing genes among their microbial hosts.

Date: 2008
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