Arctic permafrost Metagenome. permafrost metagenome

Microorganisms in Arctic permafrost retain viability for thousands and millions of years. Particular interest arouses the deposits which not thawed during the Holocene optimum on the North-East Siberia. It is considered as potential pool of buried organic carbon and greenhouse gases. The study reports metagenomic shotgun sequencing of the two permafrost samples of different origin and the very similar age.