Metagenonme of acid mine drainage from Guangdong province, China.
Metagenonme of acid mine drainage from Guangdong province, China.
Samples were collected four AMD samples from three different mine sitesin Guangdong province, China. The AMD environments under study were characterized by low solution pH (0.83-2.74) and high metal concentrations. We characterized the genetic diversity and ecosystem functioning of acid mine drainage (AMD) by conducting a comparative metagenomic analysis of microbial communities. Metagenomic sequencing was performed using a Roche 454 GS-FLX sequencer, generating (in average) approximately 300 Mb of genomic sequence data per sample with an average read length of 350 bp.