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To establish a crowdsourced, open-access functional microbiome catalogue from North American river systems to advance cross-disciplinary watershed predictive modelling and ecological management.

November 20, 2024NatureOpen Access

A functional microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers

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MBMikayla BortonColorado State University BMBridget B. McGivernColorado State University KWKathryn WilliColorado State University

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Environmental survey uncovers a functional river microbiome catalogue across North American waterways, highlighting applications for watershed predictive modelling and management.

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To establish a crowdsourced, open-access functional microbiome catalogue from North American river systems to advance cross-disciplinary watershed predictive modelling and ecological management.
Crowdsourced water and sediment microbial samples across North American river basins.
Profiled community composition and functional genetic potential across continental watersheds.
Constructed a continental-scale functional catalogue mapping riverine microbial genes and metabolic pathways.
Provided standardized baseline microbiome data to inform predictive watershed simulations and ecological conservation practices.

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Borton et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa4e8f44ad6d94037dc3f86 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08240-z

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Environmental survey uncovers a functional river microbiome catalogue across North American waterways, highlighting applications for watershed predictive modelling and management.

A functional microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers

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A functional microbiome catalogue crowdsourced from North American rivers

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