Desert soil
ENA first public
2021-07-01
ENA last update
2021-07-01
External Id
SAMEA8223859
INSDC center alias
University of Iceland
INSDC center name
University of Iceland
INSDC first public
2021-07-01T00:15:58Z
INSDC last update
2021-07-01T00:15:58Z
INSDC status
public
Submitter Id
AM2C5_1236
collection date
2019-08-06
common name
microorganism
composite design/sieving (if any)
3 x 10 cm 1m between in a 12x12m plot. 0-5 cm and 5-10 cm pooled.
current land use
Summer grazed by sheep
current vegetation
gravelly desert habitats with <5% vegetation cover in highly exposed and eroded land dominated by forbs and graminoids
environment (biome)
Sub-arctic tundra
environment (feature)
Highland
environment (material)
Soil
geographic location (country and/or sea)
Iceland
geographic location (depth)
0.05
geographic location (elevation)
470
geographic location (latitude)
65.225
geographic location (longitude)
-19.71194444
geographic location (region and locality)
Audkuluheidi
investigation type
metagenome
mean annual and seasonal precipitation
311.3
mean annual and seasonal temperature
1.02
ph
6.91
ph method
Akello, B. 2019. Response of Icelandic soils to grazing exclusion. Thesis, United Nations University, Land Restoration Training Programme, Reykjavik, Iceland
project name
Shotgun metagenome sequences Microbial diversity in degraded tundra soils
sample collection device or method
Soil core diameter 2 cm
sample name
AM2C5_1236
sample weight for DNA extraction
0,25
sequencing method
Shotgun metagenomic
soil environmental package
soil
soil taxonomic/local classification
Gravelly Vitrisol
storage conditions (fresh/frozen/other)
Samples fresh at 4�, from sample place to the lab (6 days), -20, (14 days), then moved to -70, before DNA extraction (march 2020-november2020)
total nitrogen
0.09
total organic carbon
5.7