title: environmental sample from acidic northern peatland
organism: soil metagenome
description: Northern peatlands play an extraordinary role in the global carbon balance.The most extensive type of these ecosystems is represented by Sphagnum-dominated acidic peatlands, which are inhabited by microorganisms whose degradation capabilities remain poorly understood. We attempted to identify microorganisms involved in degradation of cellulose, xylan, and pectin, which are the major components of Sphagnum-derived litter, and chitin, which is derived from exoskeletons of peat-inhabiting arthropods
attributes.tag: isolation_source
attributes.value: peatland in West Siberia
attributes.tag: collection_date
attributes.value: 2013-06
attributes.tag: geo_loc_name
attributes.value: Russia: West Siberia
attributes.tag: lat_lon
attributes.value: 58.14 N 38.12 E
attributes.tag: rel_to_oxygen
attributes.value: aerobe
attributes.tag: BioSampleModel
attributes.value: Metagenome or environmental