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A database of glacier prokaryotic genomes and genes for the Three Poles
Yongqin Liu
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Songnian Hu
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Tao Yu
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yingfeng Luo
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Zhihao Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Yuying Chen
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Shunchao Guo
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chinese National Microbiology Data Center (NMDC), Beijing, China
Qinglan Sun
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chinese National Microbiology Data Center (NMDC), Beijing, China
Guomei Fan
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chinese National Microbiology Data Center (NMDC), Beijing, China
Linhuan Wu
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chinese National Microbiology Data Center (NMDC), Beijing, China
Juncai Ma
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Microbial Resource and Big Data Center, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Chinese National Microbiology Data Center (NMDC), Beijing, China
Keshao Liu
State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Plateau Earth System, Resources and Environment (TPESRE), Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Pengfei Liu
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Junzhi Liu
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Ruyi Dong
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
Center for Pan-third Pole Environment, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Based on amplicon sequencing, metagenome sequencing, and cultivated genome sequencing, the dataset contains 64,510 bacterial and archaeal species, 62,595,715 unique genes, and 4,501 microbial genomes of bacteria and archaea from glaciers of the Antarctic, Arctic, Tibetan Plateau, and other alpine regions. The data can be useful to ecologists, microbiologists, and policymakers regarding microbial distribution, evolution, and biohazard assessment for glacier microbiome under global climate change.
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