Soil metagenomes from different pristine environments of the Northwest of Argentina.. soil metagenome

The purpose of this study was to characterise the soil microbiota from different pristine environments using a metagenomic shotgun approach, giving special emphasis to microorganisms and genes with a potential for the bioremediation of different types of contaminated soil. For this, total DNA extracted from pristine soil samples collected from different environments (desert-like to extremely fertile) from the Northwest of Argentina (Tucumán and Salta provinces), was submitted to high-throughput pyrosequencing.