Phylogeny and functional diversity of halophilic microbial communities from a thalasso environment
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Title: | Phylogeny and functional diversity of halophilic microbial communities from a thalasso environment |
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Authors: | Elshafey, Naglaa | Mansour, Mohamed A.I. | Hamedo, Hend A. | Elnosary, Mohamed E. | Hagagy, Nashwa | Al-Ghamdi, Abdullah Ahmed | Martínez-Espinosa, Rosa María |
Research Group/s: | Bioquímica Aplicada/Applied Biochemistry (AppBiochem) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Edafología y Química Agrícola |
Keywords: | Shotgun metagenomic | Saline soil | Brine | North Sinai | Halophiles | Solar saltern | Bardawil lagoon |
Issue Date: | 18-Oct-2023 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2023, 30(12): 103841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103841 |
Abstract: | The El-Rawda solar saltern, located in North Sinai, Egypt, is formed through the process of water evaporation from the Bradawil lagoon. This evaporation leads to the precipitation of gypsum, halite minerals, and salt flats, which subsequently cover the southern and eastern areas of the lagoon. This study employed the shotgun metagenomic approach, the illumine platform, and bioinformatic tools to investigate the taxonomic composition and functional diversity of halophilic microbial communities in solar saltern. The metagenomic reads obtained from the brine sample exhibited a greater count compared to those from the sediment sample. Notably, the brine sample was primarily characterized by an abundance of archaea, while the sediment sample displayed a dominant abundance of bacteria. Both samples exhibited a relatively low abundance of eukaryotes, while viruses were only found in the brine sample. Furthermore, the comparative analysis of functional pathways showed many important processes related to central metabolism and protein processing in brine and sediment samples. In brief, this research makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of very halophilic ecosystems in Egypt, providing insights into their microbial biodiversity and functional processes. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/138143 |
ISSN: | 1319-562X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103841 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | © 2023 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sjbs.2023.103841 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - AppBiochem - Artículos de Revistas |
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