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        <origin>Mark P. Waldrop</origin>
        <origin>Rachel Mackelprang</origin>
        <pubdate>20230509</pubdate>
        <title>Functional gene data of permafrost microbial communities</title>
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        <onlink>https://doi.org/10.5066/P9ZDRJ3K</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>The datasets contains  include Kegg functional gene data from 133 samples across the panarctic.</abstract>
      <purpose>The purpose of this project was to understand the spatial distribution of permafrost microbial communities and the environmental controls on their composition and potential function</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <rngdates>
          <begdate>2010</begdate>
          <enddate>2020</enddate>
        </rngdates>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>ground condition</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>None planned</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <descgeog>Arctic</descgeog>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-180.0</westbc>
        <eastbc>180.0</eastbc>
        <northbc>90.0</northbc>
        <southbc>55.0</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
        <themekey>biota</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>permafrost</themekey>
        <themekey>soil</themekey>
        <themekey>microbe</themekey>
        <themekey>microbial</themekey>
        <themekey>arctic</themekey>
        <themekey>sub-arctic</themekey>
        <themekey>methane</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>USGS Metadata Identifier</themekt>
        <themekey>USGS:625e12ead34e85fa62b7a848</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>Arctic</placekey>
        <placekey>Alaska</placekey>
        <placekey>Canada</placekey>
        <placekey>Russia</placekey>
        <placekey>Greenland</placekey>
        <placekey>Sweden</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None.  Please see 'Distribution Info' for details.</accconst>
    <useconst>None.  Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations.</useconst>
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          <cntper>Mark P Waldrop</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, SOUTHWEST REGION</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>Research Soil Scientist</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>Mail Stop 962, 345 Middlefield Road</address>
          <city>Menlo Park</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>94025</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>650-714-9294</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>650-329-4920</cntfax>
        <cntemail>mwaldrop@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>Christopher L. Chabot, Suzanne Liebner, Stine Holm, Michael W. Synder, Megan Dillon, Steven R. Dudgeon, Thomas A. Douglas, Mary-Cathrine Leewis, Katie M. Walter Anthony, Jack W. McFarland, Christopher H. Conaway, Christopher D. Arp, Allen C. Bondurant, Neslihan Taş</datacred>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>No additional data quality tests were performed</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>data is logically consistent</logic>
    <complete>data represents all available data at the time</complete>
    <lineage>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Methods used to collect the data are included in the publication and the supplemental information published with the manuscript.</procdesc>
        <procdate>2020</procdate>
      </procstep>
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      <eaover>none</eaover>
      <eadetcit>none</eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
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        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey</cntorg>
          <cntper>GS ScienceBase</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>Denver Federal Center, Building 810, Mail Stop 302</address>
          <city>Denver</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80225</postal>
          <country>United States</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>1-888-275-8747</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>sciencebase@usgs.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <distliab>Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data on any other system or for general or scientific purposes, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty.</distliab>
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          <cntper>Mark P Waldrop</cntper>
          <cntorg>U.S. Geological Survey, SOUTHWEST REGION</cntorg>
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        <cntpos>Research Soil Scientist</cntpos>
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          <addrtype>mailing address</addrtype>
          <address>Mail Stop 962, 345 Middlefield Road</address>
          <city>Menlo Park</city>
          <state>CA</state>
          <postal>94025</postal>
          <country>US</country>
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        <cntvoice>650-714-9294</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>650-329-4920</cntfax>
        <cntemail>mwaldrop@usgs.gov</cntemail>
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    <metstdn>FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
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