Our study aimed at metagenomic exploration of effluent contaminated soils across Dadra and Nagar Haveli region, India. Physico-chemical analysis of soil samples SA4, SA5, and SA6 revealed that the presence of macro and micro elements which includes metals and non-metals. Furthermore, it includes various petroleum and other aromatic hydrocarbons in it. Metagenomic sequencing was followed by taxonomic assessment and functional annotation. Taxonomic assessment demonstrated dominance of Pseudomonas and Bacillus species in all SA4, SA5, and SA6 samples. Moreover, it includes diverse microbial communities that are involved in degradation of xenobiotic compounds which includes Sulfuricurvum kujiense, Novosphingobium sp., Variovorax paradoxus, Usitatibacter rugosus, Cupriavidus sp. and many others found in soil samples. Functional annotation like KEGG and COG, and found a range of hydrocarbon degrading enzymes that are involved with benzoate derivatives. A comprehensive metabolic network that outlines the degradation pathways for aromatic hydrocarbons-like benzoate, chlorobenzoate, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, xylene, toluene, ethylbenzene, nitrotoluene, aminobenzoate, chloroalkane, and chloroalkene and the derivative of these compounds were furtherly entered into TCA cycle. Presence of such microbial species and their genes will be helpful for further development of bioremediation strategies to remediate such contaminated sites.
Bioremediation, COG, KEGG, Metagenomics, Xenobiotics
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