Project name: mine drainage metagenome

Description: Samples of pink biofilm and associated acid mine drainage were collected from the Richmond Mine, Iron Mountain, CA, from the Ultra Back A (UBA) site in June 2005. Iron Mountain is located at 40 deg 40' 38.42'' N and 122 deg 31' 19.90'' W (elevation ~ 3,100 ft). The UBA biofilm was subaerial, collected from the base of a ~2 m high pile of pyrite sediment over which pH 1.1, 41 deg C acid mine drainage solution was flowing.The first version of this project has a partial genome of Leptospirillum rubarum that dominates this biofilm (Genome Project 18795). A second partial genome from Leptospirillum ferrodiazotrophum is present in Genome Project 37907.The WGS project and sequences deposited into the Trace Archive can be found using the Project data link.

Data type: Genome sequencing and assembly

Sample scope: Environment

Release date: 2007-01-25

Last updated: 2006-12-28