Microbiome (Bacteria, Archaea and fungi) from University Valley Permafrost cores (Antarctica)

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Goordial J, Davila A, Lacelle D, Pollard W, Marinova M, Greer C, DiRuggiero J, McKay C, Whyte L (2019): Microbiome (Bacteria, Archaea and fungi) from University Valley Permafrost cores (Antarctica). v1.1. SCAR - Microbial Antarctic Resource System. Dataset/Metadata. https://ipt.biodiversity.aq/resource?r=microbiome_university_valley_permafrost_antarctica&v=1.1

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Geographic Coverage

University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Taxonomic Coverage

Bacteria were profiled by targeting the 16S ssu rRNA gene

Archaea were profiled by targeting the 16S ssu rRNA gene

Fungi (and some other Eukaryote groups) were profiled by targeting the ITS marker

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Sampling Methods

University Valley permafrost core samples were collected with a SIPRE corer (USA Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, NH, USA). The cores were 0.3 km apart from each other. Samples were shipped to McGill University in a thermally insulated box and maintained at −20 °C until processing. All sample handling and processing were carried out according to protocols developed for low biomass permafrost soils to minimize contamination. Initial core processing took place in a walk-in freezer held at −5 °C in a dedicated laminar flow hood where 1 cm of the outside of the core was removed with a sterilized chisel. An additional 1 cm of the outside core was removed in a biological safety cabinet at room temperature immediately before samples being weighed and aliquoted for analysis. Dedicated biological safety cabinets, which had been pretreated to remove DNA/RNA or cells, were used for sample processing, nucleic acid extraction and PCR preparation.

Method step description:

1. Community DNA was extracted from 2 g of permafrost soil using the UltraClean Soil DNA Isolation kit (MoBio Laboratories Inc., Carlsbad, CA, USA), as described in the alternative protocol for maximum yield, and a bead beating step was added to aid lysis. For each sample, five extractions were performed and the resulting DNA was pooled and concentrated.
2. DNA was sent for small subunit rDNA pyrosequencing analyses at the Research and Testing Laboratory (Lubbock, TX, USA) using the Roche 454 GS-FLX platform (Roche 454, Branford, CT, USA). Sample libraries were prepared with the following primers for bacterial 16S rRNA gene (28F-5′-GAGTTTGATCNTGGCTCAG-3′, 519R-5′-GTNTTACNGCGGCKGCTG-3′), archaeal 16S rRNA gene (349F-5′-GYGCASCAGKCGMGAAW-3′, 806R-5′-GGACTACVSGGGTATCTAAT-3′), Eukaryal/fungal internal transcribed region (ITS) (ITS1F-5′-CTTGGTCATTTAGAGGAAGTAA-3′, ITS4R-5′-TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC-3′) genes.

Bibliographic Citations

1. Goordial, J., Davila, A., Lacelle, D., Pollard, W., Marinova, M. M., Greer, C. W., ... & Whyte, L. G. (2016). Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry valley, Antarctica. The ISME journal, 10(7), 1613.

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