ArticleNature microbiology2025
Mapping the metagenomic diversity of the multi-kingdom glacier-fed stream microbiome.
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- theBIGbam: compression and interactive exploration of large-scale sequencing alignments with circular mapping support.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Functional and ecological drivers of bacterial interactions in glacier-fed stream biofilms.mSystems · 2026Article
- Cold comfort for change: Stream mats as biological indicators of ecosystem processes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.Journal of phycology · 2026Review
- Experimental insights in taxon-specific functional responses to droughts in glacier-fed stream biofilms.Microbiome · 2026Article
- Diverse drought responses and evidence for stress priming in glacier-fed stream bacteria.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Potentiators empower synthetic microbiomes as silent guardians against co-contamination.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Exploring methanogenic archaea and their thermal responses in the glacier-fed stream sediments of Rongbuk River basin, Mt. Everest.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
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- Predicting climate-change impacts on the global glacier-fed stream microbiome.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Experimental evidence on the impact of climate-induced hydrological and thermal variations on glacier-fed stream biofilms.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2025Article
- Glacier influence shapes the genomic architecture of the downstream aquatic microbiome.ISME communications · 2025Article
- GlobDB: a comprehensive species-dereplicated microbial genome resource.Bioinformatics advances · 2025Article
- Crucial stepping stones in freshwater microbiology.Nature microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Glacier-fed streams (GFS) feature among Earth's most extreme aquatic ecosystems marked by pronounced oligotrophy and environmental fluctuations. Microorganisms mainly organize in biofilms within them, but how they cope with such conditions is unknown. Here, leveraging 156 metagenomes from the Vanishing Glaciers project obtained from sediment samples in GFS from 9 mountains ranges, we report thousands of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) encompassing prokaryotes, algae, fungi and viruses, that shed light on biotic interactions within glacier-fed stream biofilms. A total of 2,855 bacterial MAGs were characterized by diverse strategies to exploit inorganic and organic energy sources, in part via functional redundancy and mixotrophy. We show that biofilms probably become more complex and switch from chemoautotrophy to heterotrophy as algal biomass increases in GFS owing to glacier shrinkage. Our MAG compendium sheds light on the success of microbial life in GFS and provides a resource for future research on a microbiome potentially impacted by climate change.
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