Hypersaline microbial communities from Cahuil Solar Saltern, Chile, sample sequenced January 2012
Cahuil Lagoon in central Chile harbors distinct microbial communities in various solar salterns that are arranged as interconnected ponds with increasing salt concentrations. Here, we report the metagenome of the 3.0- to 0.2-µm fraction of the microbial community present in a crystallizer pond with 34% salinity. The data generated as part of this metagenome adds valuable information for ongoing future studies on the metabolic potential of microbial communities associated with extreme hypersaline habitats worldwide