Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences of Novel Prokaryotic Species from the Mercury-Contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Minjae Kim; Regina L Wilpiszeski; Michael Wells; Ann M Wymore; Caitlin M Gionfriddo; Scott C Brooks; Mircea Podar; Dwayne A Elias

doi:10.1128/MRA.00153-21

Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences of Novel Prokaryotic Species from the Mercury-Contaminated East Fork Poplar Creek, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 29;10(17):e00153-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00153-21.

Authors

Minjae Kim¹, Regina L Wilpiszeski¹, Michael Wells¹, Ann M Wymore¹, Caitlin M Gionfriddo¹, Scott C Brooks², Mircea Podar¹, Dwayne A Elias³

Affiliations

¹ Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
² Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA.
³ Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA [email protected].

Abstract

We sequenced two metagenomes of sediments from the East Fork Poplar Creek in the Oak Ridge Reservation (Oak Ridge, TN), a natural stream that has been contaminated with Hg from upstream sources, and we reconstructed 28 metagenome-assembled genomes of novel prokaryotic species.