Genome-resolved insights into microbial diversity and elemental cycling in Winogradsky columns
Winogradsky columns were established from pond water from the Stone Quarry Art Park (Cazenovia, NY, USA) and allowed to incubate under fluorescent lighting for three months at SUNY ESF (Syracuse, NY, USA). Afterwards, DNA was extracted from different layers in the column and shotgun metagenomic sequencing was performed. Metagenome-assembled genomes were constructed to understand the taxonomic and functional diversity within the column and how they contribute to elemental cycling.
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