Microbial Mat LLA9-C1
microbial mat metagenome
Photosynthetic mat layers (0 to 2 cm thick upper layer, containing oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthetic layers) from microbial mat C, which was located 15 cm below the water surface at the oxic-anoxic redox transition zone (chemocline) in the LLA9 pond, Salar de Llamara
isolation_source
microbial mat from the Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert
collection_date
2012-03
geo_loc_name
Chile: Atacama
lat_lon
21.268583 S 69.617974 W
rel_to_oxygen
microaerophilic
samp_collect_device
Sterile trowell and spatules
samp_mat_process
Mat samples were fixed in ethanol and stored at -20°C until DNA extraction.
samp_size
subsample of ca. 1 cm3
source_material_id
LLA9-C1
BioSampleModel
Metagenome or environmental