Metagenome-assembled genomes from Spartina alterniflora salt marsh roots and sediments along the U.S. Atlantic coast

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Spartina alterniflora is the dominant plant in low-elevation salt marshes along the U.S. Atlantic coast. Here, we present 434 metagenome-assembled genomes assembled from 36 metagenomic libraries of S. alterniflora sediment and root samples in Georgia, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Samples were collected across natural environmental stress gradients at all sites.

Source: Microbiology Resource Announcements

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00791-26

Authors: Jose L. Rolando, Gabrielle M. Krueger, Katherine Duchesneau, Joel E. Kostka

Institutions: Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Cornell University

Language: English

Topic: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of Commerce, Joint Genome Institute, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Georgia Sea Grant, University of Georgia, Office of Science, National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka

OpenAlex ID: W7204197433