Bacterial Community Structure and Ecology in Schorl Pegmatite from the Wagu Kannon Mine
In this study, we investigated microbial communities inhabiting large, homogeneous crystals of schorl collected from the Waku Kannon mine in Fukushima, Japan. We performed both 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and shotgun metagenomic analysis to characterize these microbial populations in detail. In addition to schorl samples, we also collected quartz samples from the surrounding area as a comparative control.