# Sediment and groundwater metagenomes from subsurface microbial communities from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Reservation, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

## TL;DR

This paper presents metagenomic data from sediment and groundwater samples collected at Oak Ridge, TN, to study subsurface microbial communities and their response to contamination.

## Contribution

The study provides new metagenomic datasets from subsurface environments to explore microbial metabolism and community differences.

## Key findings

- Metagenomes were collected from 26 sediment and 9 groundwater samples at Oak Ridge.
- Samples were analyzed to study microbial metabolism and contamination effects on communities.
- The dataset includes comparisons between groundwater and sediment microbial communities.

## Abstract

We report 26 subsurface sediment and 9 groundwater metagenomes from the Oak Ridge Reservation at Oak Ridge, TN, USA. Samples were collected from various depths and phases (attached vs planktonic) to study subsurface microbial metabolism, the effect of contamination on microbial communities, and differences across groundwater and sediment microbial communities.