Environmental Genome Shotgun Sequencing of the Sargasso Sea

Author:

Venter J. Craig12345,Remington Karin12345,Heidelberg John F.12345,Halpern Aaron L.12345,Rusch Doug12345,Eisen Jonathan A.12345,Wu Dongying12345,Paulsen Ian12345,Nelson Karen E.12345,Nelson William12345,Fouts Derrick E.12345,Levy Samuel12345,Knap Anthony H.12345,Lomas Michael W.12345,Nealson Ken12345,White Owen12345,Peterson Jeremy12345,Hoffman Jeff12345,Parsons Rachel12345,Baden-Tillson Holly12345,Pfannkoch Cynthia12345,Rogers Yu-Hui12345,Smith Hamilton O.12345

Affiliation:

1. The Institute for Biological Energy Alternatives, 1901 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

2. The Center for the Advancement of Genomics, 1901 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

3. The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

4. The J. Craig Venter Science Foundation Joint Technology Center, 5 Research Place, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.

5. University of Southern California, 223 Science Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90089–0740, USA.

Abstract

We have applied “whole-genome shotgun sequencing” to microbial populations collected en masse on tangential flow and impact filters from seawater samples collected from the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda. A total of 1.045 billion base pairs of nonredundant sequence was generated, annotated, and analyzed to elucidate the gene content, diversity, and relative abundance of the organisms within these environmental samples. These data are estimated to derive from at least 1800 genomic species based on sequence relatedness, including 148 previously unknown bacterial phylotypes. We have identified over 1.2 million previously unknown genes represented in these samples, including more than 782 new rhodopsin-like photoreceptors. Variation in species present and stoichiometry suggests substantial oceanic microbial diversity.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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