Metagenomic sequencing of microbial communities originating from the deep-sea brines, Palmahim Disturbance, Southeastern Mediterranean Sea

Using metagenomics, we investigated the dense microbial communities that occupy small deep-sea brine pools found in the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea. We curated 266 metagenome-assembled genomes of bacteria and archaea from the several pools and adjacent sediment-water interface, highlighting the dominance of a single Sulfurimonas, which likely fuels its autotrophy using sulfide oxidation or inorganic sulfur disproportionation.