Mini Project Description for Metagenomic Profiling

The objetctive of this mini project was to focus on characterizing the microbial communities along the Algarve marine coast, with a specific emphasis on the dynamics and profiles of bacteria, archaea, unicellular eukaryotes, fungi, and viruses. It explores the intricate roles of these microorganisms in the biogeochemical processes of carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur, and iron cycles in the marine environment. The project aims to identify factors that influence the composition and behavior of these microbial communities, such as temperature, salinity, dissolved organic matter, dissolved oxygen, pH, water currents, sedimentology, and anthropogenic influences. The other objective was to build a library with all the metadata in order to realize data analysis.  Understanding these dynamics can shed light on the complex interactions in the marine ecosystem and help monitor environmental changes along the Algarve coast.