The functional potential of high Arctic permafrost revealed by metagenomic sequencing, qPCR and microarray analyses

Yergeau, Etienne and Hogues, Hervé and Whyte, Lyle G and Greer, Charles W (2010) The functional potential of high Arctic permafrost revealed by metagenomic sequencing, qPCR and microarray analyses. The ISME Journal, 4. pp. 1206-1214.

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Abstract

The fate of the carbon stocked in permafrost following global warming and permafrost thaw is of major concern in view of the potential for increased CH4 and CO2 emissions from these soils. Complex carbon compound degradation and greenhouse gas emissions are due to soil microbial communities, but no comprehensive study has yet addressed their composition and functional potential in permafrost. Here, a 2-m deep permafrost sample and its overlying active layer soil were subjected to metagenomic sequencing, quantitative PCR (qPCR) and microarray analyses.

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Keywords:	potential, functional, permafrost, microarray, analyses
Subjects:	Natural Environment > Cryosphere
Organizations:	Unspecified
Date Deposited:	13 Sep 2011 15:29
URI:	http://library.arcticportal.org/id/eprint/1408

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