surficial deep-sea sediment metagenome from the South Pacific

To understand the microbial processes that contribute to the removal of the labile organic matter, metagenomic sequencing and analysis was carried out on a sample of sediment collected from 0-5 cmbsf from SPG site 10 (U1369).This study represents an important first analysis in understanding how microorganisms in oligotrophic sediments impact deep-sea carbon transformations.