Research Article

Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential

Volume: 21 Number: 3 September 30, 2020
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Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential

Abstract

Turkey has a great number of karstic caves which are unexplored and have unknown microbial diversity. The biodiversity characterisation of these caves has not yet been systematically studied from the molecular point of view. Çal Cave in Trabzon, Turkey is one of the important karstic caves. In the present study, a metagenomic approach was used to explore the microbial diversity of Çal Cave for the first time to assess the potential of gene sources. Detailed taxonomic profiling was defined by sequencing all environmental genomes instead of a specific marker gene such as 16S rRNA which only targets prokaryotes. Taxonomic analysis revealed that the Çal Cave soil sample was represented as 98% Bacteria, 2% Eukaryota, 0.3% Archaea, and 0.01% Virus. Results showed that, the 31 distinct bacterial phyla represented in the Çal Cave soil sample were dominated by Actinobacteria (65%) and Proteobacteria (31%). The most dominant bacterial genus was Streptomyces. Among the 2% Eukaryotic population, the largest phylum was Ascomycota and it was mostly represented as Sordariomycetes. It was determined that 77% of Archaea was Halobacteria. The most abundant class of viruses dwelling in Çal Cave was Caudovirales. 91.61% of total readings could not be classified into any specific kingdom. Overall, classified and unclassified data verify that there exists vast microbial biodiversity in Çal Cave which could not be identified with classical microbiology techniques, and this microbial diversity provides a promising gene source for novel enzyme and bioactive compounds to be used in biotechnological applications.

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Supporting Institution

the Yildiz Technical University.

Project Number

FDK-2019-3586 ".

Thanks

This study was performed with the permission of Ministry of Forest and Water Affairs of Turkey

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 30, 2020

Submission Date

December 12, 2019

Acceptance Date

May 29, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 21 Number: 3

APA
Demirci, H., & Ordu, E. (2020). Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential. Turkish Journal of Forestry, 21(3), 254-259. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.658468
AMA
1.Demirci H, Ordu E. Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential. Turkish Journal of Forestry. 2020;21(3):254-259. doi:10.18182/tjf.658468
Chicago
Demirci, Hasan, and Emel Ordu. 2020. “Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community in Çal Cave Soil to Elucidate Biotechnological Potential”. Turkish Journal of Forestry 21 (3): 254-59. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.658468.
EndNote
Demirci H, Ordu E (September 1, 2020) Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential. Turkish Journal of Forestry 21 3 254–259.
IEEE
[1]H. Demirci and E. Ordu, “Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential”, Turkish Journal of Forestry, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 254–259, Sept. 2020, doi: 10.18182/tjf.658468.
ISNAD
Demirci, Hasan - Ordu, Emel. “Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community in Çal Cave Soil to Elucidate Biotechnological Potential”. Turkish Journal of Forestry 21/3 (September 1, 2020): 254-259. https://doi.org/10.18182/tjf.658468.
JAMA
1.Demirci H, Ordu E. Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential. Turkish Journal of Forestry. 2020;21:254–259.
MLA
Demirci, Hasan, and Emel Ordu. “Metagenomic Analysis of the Microbial Community in Çal Cave Soil to Elucidate Biotechnological Potential”. Turkish Journal of Forestry, vol. 21, no. 3, Sept. 2020, pp. 254-9, doi:10.18182/tjf.658468.
Vancouver
1.Hasan Demirci, Emel Ordu. Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community in Çal Cave soil to elucidate biotechnological potential. Turkish Journal of Forestry. 2020 Sep. 1;21(3):254-9. doi:10.18182/tjf.658468

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