A multi-Omic resource for exploring microbial eukaryotes in the meromictic freshwater Lake Pavin

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Authors: Damien Courtine, Cécile Lepère, Ivan Wawrzyniak, Anne Moné, Hermine Billard, Jonathan Colombet, Arthur Monjot, Corinne Cruaud, Corinne Da Silva, Jean‐Marc Aury, Didier Debroas, Gisèle Bronner
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Abstract

Although recent advances in high-throughput sequencing have greatly expanded our understanding of microbial diversity and function in aquatic ecosystems, progress in studying freshwater microbial eukaryotes has been more limited, mainly due to their large genomes, immense diversity, and largely uncharacterised physiologies. In this work, we present a comprehensive multi-omic dataset, eukaryote-centred, including targeted-metagenomic (18S rDNA V4 and V9), metagenomic, metatranscriptomic and single amplified genomes (SAGs). Both the oxic and anoxic layers of Lake Pavin (France), a permanently stratified freshwater lake, were sampled at four distinct times throughout 2018, by day and night, targeting microbial eukaryotes of two size classes (0.65-10 µm and 10-50 µm). This dataset comprises 106 eukaryotic metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs), over 9 million unigenes and 11 SAGs, encompassing several under-represented taxa in public databases (e.g. Perkinsea, Chytridiomycota, Cryptista). Altogether, this dataset represents a resource for exploring the functional diversity and spatio-temporal dynamics of microbial eukaryotes.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Protist diversity and phylogeny Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Publication details

Journal / source
Scientific Data
Volume
13
Issue
1
Pages
252–252
Publication date
14 January 2026
Language
EN