Uncovering the taxonomic and functional diversity of microbial communities from underexplored alpine freshwater habitats using metagenomics

This dataset contains full-shotgun sequences obtained from the analysis of water and surface sediment samples collected in the Northeastern Alps, Alpi Ledrensi e Judicaria, Riserva di Biosfera UNESCO (Project AcquaViva). The project was funded by the Alpi Ledrensi e Judicaria Riserva di Biosfera, Man and the Biosphere Programme MAB UNESCO. The data were collected in 2019 in 19 freshwater habitats of the Alpine Biosphere Reserve, including different types of small water bodies, peat bogs, shallow lakes and deep lakes. We examined microbial communities from these habitats by comparing them both taxonomically and functionally. We also compiled a catalog of metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) (n=496) and identified 320 bacterial and archaeal MAGs that were previously unclassified at the species-level.