# Lake Erie ice is a repository of organisms

## TL;DR

This paper explores the variety of organisms found in ice from Lake Erie using genetic data.

## Contribution

The study reveals the diversity of organisms trapped in Lake Erie ice through metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis.

## Key findings

- Lake Erie ice contains a high abundance of bacterial organisms.
- Eukaryotic and archaeal organisms were also identified in the ice samples.
- The analysis identified organisms from 32 bacterial, 8 eukaryotic, and 2 archaeal taxonomic groups.

## Abstract

Organism abundance and diversity were assessed in Lake Erie ice samples using sequences derived from a combined metagenomic and metatranscriptomic analysis. The 68,417 unique sequences were from Bacteria (77.5%), Eukarya (22.3%), and Archaea (0.2%) and indicated diverse species of organisms from 32 bacterial, 8 eukaryotic, and 2 archaeal taxonomic groups.