NMPFamsDB

NMPFamsDB

NMPFamsDB

A database of Novel Metagenome Protein Families

A database of Novel Metagenome Protein Clusters

A database of Novel Metagenome Protein Clusters
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Sample 3300006400

3300006400: Aqueous microbial communities from the Delaware River and Bay under freshwater to marine salinity gradient to study organic matter cycling in a time-series - DEBay_Sum_22_D_<0.8_RNA2 (Metagenome Metatranscriptome)



Overview

Basic Information
IMG/M Taxon OID3300006400 Open in IMG/M
GOLD Reference
(Study | Sequencing Project | Analysis Project)
Gs0114433 | Gp0116198 | Ga0075503
Sample NameAqueous microbial communities from the Delaware River and Bay under freshwater to marine salinity gradient to study organic matter cycling in a time-series - DEBay_Sum_22_D_<0.8_RNA2 (Metagenome Metatranscriptome)
Sequencing StatusPermanent Draft
Sequencing CenterDOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI)
Published?N
Use PolicyOpen

Dataset Contents
Total Genome Size311239086
Sequencing Scaffolds676
Novel Protein Genes799
Associated Families655

Dataset Phylogeny
Taxonomy GroupsNumber of Scaffolds
Not Available278
All Organisms → Viruses → Predicted Viral79
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Autographiviridae → Pelagivirus2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Oligotrichia → Strombidiidae → Strombidium11
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria12
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales2
All Organisms → Viruses → unclassified viruses → unclassified DNA viruses → unclassified dsDNA viruses → Prokaryotic dsDNA virus sp.11
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Oligotrichia → Strombidiidae → Strombidium → Strombidium inclinatum14
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria1
All Organisms → Viruses → Varidnaviria → Bamfordvirae → Nucleocytoviricota → Pokkesviricetes → Chitovirales → Poxviridae → Entomopoxvirinae → Betaentomopoxvirus → Choristoneura rosaceana entomopoxvirus1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter → Candidatus Pelagibacter ubique2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae → Maribacter → unclassified Maribacter → Maribacter sp.3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria25
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria → Actinomycetia → unclassified Actinomycetia → Actinomycetia bacterium5
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter → unclassified Candidatus Pelagibacter → Candidatus Pelagibacter sp. TMED2022
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → environmental samples → uncultured Caudovirales phage17
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Podoviridae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → PVC group → Verrucomicrobia → unclassified Verrucomicrobia → Verrucomicrobia bacterium TMED561
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Firmicutes2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → unclassified Alphaproteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria bacterium TMED1943
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Archaea → Euryarchaeota → unclassified Euryarchaeota → Euryarchaeota archaeon5
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → unclassified Gammaproteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria bacterium4
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Myoviridae5
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → unclassified Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriales bacterium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group → Cyanobacteria2
All Organisms → Viruses5
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter6
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → unclassified Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriales bacterium TMED2283
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar17
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria → Actinomycetia → Pseudonocardiales → Pseudonocardiaceae → Pseudonocardia → Pseudonocardia acaciae1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes7
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae5
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Myoviridae → unclassified Myoviridae → Pelagibacter phage HTVC008M2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Rhodobacterales → Roseobacteraceae → Nereida → Nereida ignava2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → unclassified Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriales bacterium TMED2351
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → unclassified Bacteria → bacterium B171
All Organisms → Viruses → environmental samples → uncultured virus2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Rickettsiales → unclassified Rickettsiales → Rickettsiales bacterium TMED1311
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Suessiales → Suessiaceae → Polarella → Polarella glacialis1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Cryomorphaceae7
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Maricaulales → Maricaulaceae → Maricaulis → unclassified Maricaulis → Maricaulis sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria incertae sedis → SAR86 cluster → SAR86 cluster bacterium SAR86B1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Archaea → unclassified Archaea → archaeon3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Rhodobacterales → Rhodobacteraceae → unclassified Rhodobacteraceae → Rhodobacteraceae bacterium HIMB111
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Cyanobacteria/Melainabacteria group → Cyanobacteria → Oscillatoriophycideae → Chroococcales → Aphanothecaceae → Crocosphaera → Crocosphaera subtropica1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Noctilucales → Noctilucaceae → Noctiluca → Noctiluca scintillans4
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria incertae sedis → SAR116 cluster → Candidatus Puniceispirillum1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Stramenopiles → Ochrophyta → Chrysophyceae → Chromulinales → Chromulinaceae → Spumella → Spumella elongata3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Legionellales → unclassified Legionellales → Legionellales bacterium2
All Organisms → Viruses → unclassified viruses → Virus NIOZ-UU1573
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria → Acidimicrobiia → unclassified Acidimicrobiia → Acidimicrobiia bacterium3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Cellvibrionales → Halieaceae → Pseudohaliea → Pseudohaliea rubra1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Bacteroidia → Bacteroidales → Bacteroidaceae → Bacteroides → Bacteroides fragilis2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea13
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → PVC group → Planctomycetes → Planctomycetia → Pirellulales → Pirellulaceae → Rhodopirellula → unclassified Rhodopirellula → Rhodopirellula sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Oligohymenophorea2
unclassified Hyphomonas → Hyphomonas sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Spirochaetes → Spirochaetia → Spirochaetales → Treponemataceae → Treponema → Treponema bryantii1
All Organisms → Viruses → unclassified bacterial viruses → environmental samples → uncultured marine phage2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Stichotrichia → Sporadotrichida1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Cryptophyceae2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Choreotrichia → Tintinnida → Xystonellidae → Favella → Favella ehrenbergii3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Oligohymenophorea → Peniculida → Parameciidae → Paramecium → Paramecium tetraurelia1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Podoviridae → unclassified Podoviridae → Methylophilales phage HIM624-A1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Perkinsozoa → Perkinsea → Perkinsida → Perkinsidae → Perkinsus → Perkinsus marinus1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → unclassified Bacteroidetes → Bacteroidetes bacterium3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Balneolaeota → Balneolia → Balneolales → Balneolaceae → Balneola → unclassified Balneola → Balneola sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Gonyaulacales → Pyrocystaceae → Alexandrium → Alexandrium andersonii1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → environmental samples → uncultured Gammaproteobacteria bacterium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Oligotrichia → Strombidiidae → Strombidium → Strombidium rassoulzadegani2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter → unclassified Candidatus Pelagibacter → Candidatus Pelagibacter sp. TMED641
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Opisthokonta → Choanoflagellata → Craspedida → Salpingoecidae → Salpingoeca → Salpingoeca rosetta1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Myoviridae → Eucampyvirinae → Firehammervirus → Campylobacter virus CP211
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Crocinitomicaceae → unclassified Crocinitomicaceae → Crocinitomicaceae bacterium TMED453
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Archaea → TACK group → Thaumarchaeota → Thaumarchaeota incertae sedis → Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus → unclassified Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus → Candidatus Nitrosopelagicus sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Betaproteobacteria → Burkholderiales → Burkholderiaceae → Limnobacter → unclassified Limnobacter → Limnobacter sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Gonyaulacales → Pyrocystaceae → Alexandrium → Alexandrium monilatum1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Bacteria incertae sedis → Bacteria candidate phyla → Patescibacteria group → Parcubacteria group → Candidatus Giovannonibacteria → Candidatus Giovannonibacteria bacterium GW2011_GWB1_47_6b1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae → Winogradskyella → unclassified Winogradskyella → Winogradskyella sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Archaea → Euryarchaeota → Stenosarchaea group → Methanomicrobia → Methanosarcinales → Methanosarcinaceae → Methanosarcina → Methanosarcina barkeri1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Suessiales → Symbiodiniaceae → Symbiodinium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → PVC group → Verrucomicrobia → Opitutae → Puniceicoccales → Puniceicoccaceae → unclassified Puniceicoccaceae → Puniceicoccaceae bacterium TMED1491
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Oligohymenophorea → Hymenostomatida → Tetrahymenina → Tetrahymenidae → Tetrahymena → Tetrahymena thermophila1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Rhodobacterales → Rhodobacteraceae1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Autographiviridae → Fussvirus1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae → unclassified Flavobacteriaceae → Flavobacteriaceae bacterium1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Autographiviridae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Oxyrrhinales → Oxyrrhinaceae → Oxyrrhis → Oxyrrhis marina1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Gonyaulacales → Pyrocystaceae → Alexandrium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota3
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter → unclassified Candidatus Pelagibacter → Candidatus Pelagibacter sp. TMED1972
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Balneolaeota → Balneolia → Balneolales → Balneolaceae → unclassified Balneolaceae → Balneolaceae bacterium2
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Haptista → Haptophyta → Prymnesiophyceae → Isochrysidales → Noelaerhabdaceae → Emiliania → Emiliania huxleyi1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Intramacronucleata → Spirotrichea → Stichotrichia → Sporadotrichida → Oxytrichidae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae → Aquimarina → Aquimarina agarivorans1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Cryptophyceae → Pyrenomonadales → Geminigeraceae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Saprospiria → Saprospirales → unclassified Saprospirales → Saprospirales bacterium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Pseudomonadales → Marinobacteraceae → Marinobacter → unclassified Marinobacter → Marinobacter sp. DSM 266711
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria → Actinomycetia → Streptomycetales → Streptomycetaceae → Streptomyces → Streptomyces turgidiscabies1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Actinobacteria → Actinomycetia → Micrococcales → Dermabacteraceae → Brachybacterium → Brachybacterium kimchii1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Cryptophyceae → Pyrenomonadales → Geminigeraceae → Guillardia → Guillardia theta → Guillardia theta CCMP27121
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → FCB group → Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi group → Bacteroidetes → Flavobacteriia → Flavobacteriales → Flavobacteriaceae → Zunongwangia → Zunongwangia profunda1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → PVC group → Verrucomicrobia → Verrucomicrobiae → Verrucomicrobiales → unclassified Verrucomicrobiales → Verrucomicrobiales bacterium1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Opisthokonta → Metazoa → Eumetazoa → Bilateria → Protostomia → Ecdysozoa → Panarthropoda → Arthropoda → Mandibulata → Pancrustacea → Crustacea → Multicrustacea → Hexanauplia → Copepoda → Neocopepoda → Gymnoplea → Calanoida → Temoridae → Eurytemora → Eurytemora affinis1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Betaproteobacteria → Burkholderiales → Burkholderiaceae → Polynucleobacter → Polynucleobacter nymphae1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Betaproteobacteria → Burkholderiales → Burkholderiaceae → Burkholderia1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Archaea → Euryarchaeota → Stenosarchaea group → Methanomicrobia → Methanosarcinales → Methanosarcinaceae → Methanosarcina → unclassified Methanosarcina → Methanosarcina sp. WH11
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Dinophyceae → Gymnodiniales → Gymnodiniaceae → Akashiwo → Akashiwo sanguinea1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Firmicutes → Bacilli → Lactobacillales → Streptococcaceae → Streptococcus → Streptococcus sanguinis1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → unclassified Caudoviricetes → Pelagibacter phage Mosig EXVC030M1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Terrabacteria group → Firmicutes → Bacilli → Bacillales → Bacillaceae → Bacillus → unclassified Bacillus (in: Bacteria) → Bacillus sp. M 2-61
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Stramenopiles → Ochrophyta → Bacillariophyta → Coscinodiscophyceae → Thalassiosirophycidae → Thalassiosirales → Skeletonemataceae → Skeletonema → Skeletonema marinoi-dohrnii complex → Skeletonema marinoi1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → delta/epsilon subdivisions → Epsilonproteobacteria → Campylobacterales → Campylobacteraceae → Campylobacter → Campylobacter lari1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Pseudomonadales → unclassified Pseudomonadales → Pseudomonadales bacterium1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → Caudovirales → Autographiviridae → Pelagivirus → Pelagivirus S35C61
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Alphaproteobacteria → Pelagibacterales → Pelagibacteraceae → Candidatus Pelagibacter → unclassified Candidatus Pelagibacter → Candidatus Pelagibacter sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Eukaryota → Sar → Alveolata → Ciliophora → Postciliodesmatophora → Heterotrichea → Heterotrichida1
All Organisms → Viruses → Duplodnaviria → Heunggongvirae → Uroviricota → Caudoviricetes → unclassified Caudoviricetes → Caudoviricetes sp.1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → delta/epsilon subdivisions → Deltaproteobacteria → Myxococcales → Cystobacterineae → Archangiaceae → Stigmatella → Stigmatella aurantiaca1
All Organisms → cellular organisms → Bacteria → Proteobacteria → Gammaproteobacteria → Chromatiales → Ectothiorhodospiraceae → Thioalkalivibrio → Thioalkalivibrio thiocyanodenitrificans1

Ecosystem and Geography

Ecosystem Assignment (GOLD)
NameAqueous Microbial Communities From The Delaware River/Bay And Chesapeake Bay Under Freshwater To Marine Salinity Gradient To Study Organic Matter Cycling In A Time-Series
TypeEnvironmental
TaxonomyEnvironmental → Aquatic → Marine → Coastal → Unclassified → Aqueous → Aqueous Microbial Communities From The Delaware River/Bay And Chesapeake Bay Under Freshwater To Marine Salinity Gradient To Study Organic Matter Cycling In A Time-Series

Alternative Ecosystem Assignments
Environment Ontology (ENVO)marine biomeriversea water
Earth Microbiome Project Ontology (EMPO)Free-living → Saline → Water (saline)

Location Information
LocationUSA: Delaware
CoordinatesLat. (o)39.283Long. (o)-75.3633Alt. (m)N/ADepth (m)N/A
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