Metagenome-assembled genomes of four Southern Ocean Archaea harbor multiple genes linked to polyethylene terephthalate and polyhydroxybutyrate plastic degradation

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Akpudo, Yvonne Marvellous
Bezuidt, Keoagile Ignatius Oliver
Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter

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American Society for Microbiology

Abstract

Here, we present four archaeal metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) (three Thaumarchaeota MAGs and one Thermoplasmatota MAG) from a polar upwelling zone in the Southern Ocean. These archaea harbor putative genes encoding enzymes such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) hydrolases (PETases) and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) depolymerases, which are associated with microbial degradation of PET and PHB plastics.

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DATA AVAILABILITY : Raw sequence reads (SRA accession numbers SRR17224336 and SRR17224335) are available in the NCBI GenBank database under BioProject accession number PRJNA785751. The archaeal MAGs were assigned BioSample numbers SAMN23575727 to SAMN23575730, as well as GenBank accession numbers JAJPRB000000000, JAJPRC000000000, JAJPRD000000000, and JAJPRE000000000. The versions described in this paper are the first versions (JAJPRB010000000, JAJPRC010000000, JAJPRD010000000, and JAJPRE010000000).

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Metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), Polar upwelling zone, Southern Ocean, Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), Polyethylene terephthalate hydrolase (PETase), Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), Depolymerases, SDG-12: Responsible consumption and production, SDG-14: Life below water

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SDG-12:Responsible consumption and production
SDG-14:Life below water

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Akpudo, Y.M., Bezuidt, O.K., Makhalanyane, T.P. 2023, 'Metagenome-assembled genomes of four Southern Ocean Archaea harbor multiple genes linked to polyethylene terephthalate and polyhydroxybutyrate plastic degradation', Microbiology Resource Announcements, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 1-4. DOI: 10.1128/mra.01098-22