Microbial Functional Data from Mexican Mine Tailings for Heavy-Metal Remediation

Ayixon Sánchez-Reyes provides KEGG pathway annotations and COG functional categories derived from shotgun metagenomic sequencing. The dataset originates from three abandoned mine tailing sites within the Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (REBIOSH), Mexico. It was last updated on 2026-05-22.

Use Cases

• Analyze microbial detoxification pathways based on KEGG pathway annotations mentioned in the description
• Compare functional profiles across contaminated sites based on COG functional categories
• Model microbial resilience to heavy metals based on functional annotations from metagenomic sequencing

Strengths

• Data is derived from shotgun metagenomic sequencing, a high-resolution method
• Focuses on three distinct mine tailing sites within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the specific Mexican sites sampled

Provenance

Source

Ayixon Sánchez-Reyes

Collection Method

Shotgun metagenomic sequencing

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:55:50; freshness should be verified

Geography

Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (REBIOSH), Mexico