Biofilm microbiome and isolated Sphaerotilus montanus (strain KMKE) gene sequences from streams receiving organic airport deicer runoff

Heterotrophic biofilm growths were monitored in sites upstream and downstream of Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, during and surrounding the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 deicing seasons. Biofilms were assessed through both field surveys and genetic investigations, and responses to environmental factors were characterized. A new strain of Sphaerotilus montanus (strain KMKE) was isolated and demonstrated growth on deicer compounds. This BioProject contains the genetic data used in the journal article: Advanced biofilm analysis in streams receiving organic deicer runoff, by Michelle A. Nott, Heather E. Driscoll, Minoru Takeda, Mahesh Vangala, Steven R. Corsi, and Scott W. Tighe; PLOS ONE, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227567.