Dehal, Paramvir S.


Publications
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Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth

Citation
Chivian et al. (2008). Science 322 (5899)
Names
Desulforudis audaxviator Ts Desulforudis
Abstract
DNA from low-biodiversity fracture water collected at 2.8-kilometer depth in a South African gold mine was sequenced and assembled into a single, complete genome. This bacterium, Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator , composes >99.9% of the microorganisms inhabiting the fluid phase of this particular fracture. Its genome indicates a motile, sporulating, sulfate-reducing, chemoautotrophic thermophile that can fix its own nitrogen and carbon by using machiner