Yamuna River Sediment Metagenomes: Microbial Diversity and Plastic-Degrading Enzymes

Shotgun metagenomic data from Ajaya Kumar Rout investigates microbial diversity and functional potential in sediments from three polluted locations along the Yamuna River at Agra. The dataset includes 38.3–46.5 million reads per sample, yielding 3.08–5.54 million predicted open reading frames (ORFs). It was last updated on 2026-06-03.

Use Cases

• Compare microbial community structure and diversity across different polluted river sites based on taxonomic profiling.
• Analyze the abundance of metabolic pathways for core functions and pollutant degradation mentioned in the description.
• Identify and quantify homologs of enzymes for degrading specific plastics like PHA, PHB, PEG, PE, and LDPE.
• Investigate site-specific variations in xenobiotic degradation pathways for compounds like chlorocyclohexane, chlorobenzene, and bisphenol.

Strengths

• Includes 38.3–46.5 million reads per sample, providing a high-resolution genetic snapshot.
• Yields 3.08–5.54 million predicted ORFs for functional analysis.
• Quantifies specific enzyme abundances, such as PHA-associated enzymes being 60–75% higher at one site.
• Provides comparative analysis across three distinct sampling locations (BSA, TGY, YEA).

Limitations

• The dataset is small (166.4 KB), suggesting it may contain summary results rather than raw sequence data.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analyses.

Provenance

Source

Ajaya Kumar Rout via figshare

Collection Method

Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of river sediment samples.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 06:04:51; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Sediments from the Yamuna River at three locations in Agra, India: Balkeshwar Shivpuri Agra (BSA), Taj Ganj Yamuna (TGY), and Yamuna Expressway Agra (YEA).