03154nas a2200289   4500008004100000022001400041245016500055210006900220260000800289300001200297490000800309520217000317653002002487653001102507653001702518653002402535653001102559100001902570700001602589700002302605700002102628700001802649700002302667700002302690700002202713856012902735       2019                        eng d  a0048-969700aMetagenomic insights to understand transient influence of Yamuna River on taxonomic and functional aspects of bacterial and archaeal communities of River Ganges0 aMetagenomic insights to understand transient influence of Yamuna  cJUL  a288-2990 v6743 a<p>River confluences are interesting ecosystems to investigate for their microbial community structure and functional potentials. River Ganges is one of the most important and holy river of India with great mythological history and religious significance. The Yamuna River meets Ganges at the Prayagraj (formerly known as Allahabad), India to form a unique confluence. The influence of Yamuna River on taxonomic and functional aspects of microbiome at this confluence and its downstream, remains unexplored. To unveil this dearth, whole metagenome sequencing of the microbial (bacterial and archaeal) community from the sediment samples of December 2017 sampling expedition was executed using high throughput MinION technology. Results revealed differences in the relative abundance of bacterial and archaeal communities across the confluence. Grouped by the confluence, a higher abundance of Proteobacteria and lower abundance of Bacteroidetes and Firnacutes was observed for Yamuna River (G15Y) and at immediate downstream of confluence of Ganges (G15DS), as compared to the upstream, confluence, and farther downstream of confluence. A similar trend was observed for archaeal communities with a higher abundance of Euryarchaeoto in G15Y and G15DS, indicating Yamuna River's influence. Functional gene(s) analysis revealed the influence of Yamuna River on xenobiotic degradation, resistance to toxic compounds, and antibiotic resistance interceded by the autochthonous microbes at the confluence and succeeding downstream locations. Overall, similar taxonomic and functional profiles of microbial communities before confluence (upstream of Ganges) and farther downstream of confluence, suggested a transient influence of Yamuna River. Our study is significant since it may be foundational basis to understand impact of Yamuna River and also rare event of mass bathing on the microbiome of River Ganges. Further investigation would be required to understand, the underlying cause behind the restoration of microbial profiles post-confluence farther zone, to unravel the rejuvenation aspects of this unique ecosystem. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.A. All rights reserved.</p>10aConfluence zone10aGanges10aMetagenomics10aTransient influence10aYamuna1 aSamson, Rachel1 aShah, Manan1 aYadav, Rakeshkumar1 aSarode, Priyanka1 aRajput, Vinay1 aDastager, Syed, G.1 aDharne, Mahesh, S.1 aKhairnar, Krishna  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/metagenomic-insights-understand-transient-influence-yamuna-river-taxonomic-and-functional02298nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245012000055210006900175260000800244300000800252490000700260520143500267653001201702653002401714653002001738653001701758653001701775100001801792700001901810700002301829700001901852700002201871700001901893856012001912       2022                        eng d  a2190-572X00aMetagenomic mining of Indian river confluence reveal functional microbial community with lignocelluloytic potential0 aMetagenomic mining of Indian river confluence reveal functional   cJUN  a1320 v123 a<p>
	Microbial carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZyme) can be harnessed for valorization of Lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) to value-added chemicals/products. The two Indian Rivers Ganges and the Yamuna having different origins and flow, face accumulation of carbon-rich substrates due to the discharge of wastewater from adjoining paper and pulp industries, which could potentially contribute to the natural enrichment of LCB utilizing genes, especially at their confluence. We analyzed CAZyme diversity in metagenomic datasets across the sacred confluence of the Rivers Ganges and Yamuna. Functional annotation using CAZyme database identified a total of 77,815 putative genes with functional domains involved in the catalysis of carbohydrate degradation or synthesis of glycosidic bonds. The metagenomic analysis detected similar to 41% CAZymes catalyzing the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass polymers- cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin. The Beta diversity analysis suggested higher CAZyme diversity at downstream region of the river confluence, which could be useful niche for culture-based studies. Taxonomic origin for CAZymes revealed the predominance of bacteria (97%), followed by archaea (1.67%), Eukaryota (0.63%), and viruses (0.7%). Metagenome guided CAZyme diversity of the microflora spanning across the confluence of Ganges-Yamuna River, could be harnessed for biomass and bioenergy applications.</p>
10aCAZymes10aConfluence (Sangam)10aLignocellulosic10aRiver Ganges10aRiver Yamuna1 aRajput, Vinay1 aSamson, Rachel1 aYadav, Rakeshkumar1 aDastager, Syed1 aKhairnar, Krishna1 aDharne, Mahesh  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/metagenomic-mining-indian-river-confluence-reveal-functional-microbial-community