Metagenome assembled genomes (MAGs) from the study: <b>Lake sediment salinization induces a shift from aerobic to anaerobic methane oxidizing microbial communities </b>

This dataset comprises Metagenome Assembled Genomes (MAGs) obtained from a research study investigating structural changes in microbial communities associated with the methane cycle in a coastal freshwater lake system undergoing salinization. The study involved collecting surface sediments and two sediment cores—one from the freshwater zone and another from the salinization zone. Various techniques, including physicochemical measurements, qPCR, 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing, and metagenome analysis, were employed to explore changes in microbes involved in the methane cycle. The uploaded MAGs are accompanied by an Excel sheet (Supplementary_table_4) containing metadata such as affiliated taxonomy, completeness, contamination, and abundance. The detailed protocol for metagenome assembly, binning, filtration, and curation can be found in the corresponding article.