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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Metagenomics-assembled genomes reveal microbial metabolic adaptation to athalassohaline environment, the case Lake Barkol, China.

Maripat Xamxidin, Xuanqi Zhang, Gang Zheng, Can Chen, Min Wu

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Maripat XamxidinCollege of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Xuanqi ZhangCollege of Architecture and Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Gang ZhengOcean Research Center of Zhoushan, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan, China.
Can ChenCollege of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Min WuCollege of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

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Abstract

Salt-tolerant and halophilic microorganisms are critical drivers of ecosystem stability and biogeochemical cycling in athalassohaline environments. Lake Barkol, a high-altitude inland saline lake, provides a valuable natural setting for investigating microbial community dynamics and adaptation mechanisms under extreme salinity. In this study, we employed high-throughput metagenomic sequencing to characterize the taxonomic composition, metabolic potential, and ecological functions of microbial communities in both water and sediment samples from Lake Barkol. We reconstructed 309 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), comprising 279 bacterial and 30 archaeal genomes. Notably, approximately 97% of the MAGs could not be classified at the species level, indicating substantial taxonomic novelty in this ecosystem. Dominant bacterial phyla included

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athalassohaline Lake Barkolmetabolic adaptationmetagenome-assembled genomesmicrobial consortiaosmoadaptation strategies

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