%0 Journal Article %1 10 %A Chivian, Dylan %A Brodie, Eoin L. %A Alm, Eric J. %A Culley, David E. %A Dehal, Paramvir S. %A DeSantis, Todd Z. %A Gihring, Thomas M. %A Lapidus, Alla %A Lin, Li-Hung %A Lowry, Stephen R. %A Moser, Duane P. %A Richardson, Paul M. %A Southam, Gordon %A Wanger, Greg %A Pratt, Lisa M. %A Andersen, Gary L. %A Hazen, Terry C. %A Brockman, Fred J. %A Arkin, Adam P. %A Onstott, Tullis C. %D 2008 %J Science %K 10 %N 5899 %P 275-278 %R 10.1126/science.1155495 %T Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth %U http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5899/275.abstract %V 322 %X 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 machinery shared with archaea. Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is capable of an independent life-style well suited to long-term isolation from the photosphere deep within Earth's crust and offers an example of a natural ecosystem that appears to have its biological component entirely encoded within a single genome.

@article{10, 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 machinery shared with archaea. Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is capable of an independent life-style well suited to long-term isolation from the photosphere deep within Earth's crust and offers an example of a natural ecosystem that appears to have its biological component entirely encoded within a single genome.}, added-at = {2014-02-01T18:53:28.000+0100}, author = {Chivian, Dylan and Brodie, Eoin L. and Alm, Eric J. and Culley, David E. and Dehal, Paramvir S. and DeSantis, Todd Z. and Gihring, Thomas M. and Lapidus, Alla and Lin, Li-Hung and Lowry, Stephen R. and Moser, Duane P. and Richardson, Paul M. and Southam, Gordon and Wanger, Greg and Pratt, Lisa M. and Andersen, Gary L. and Hazen, Terry C. and Brockman, Fred J. and Arkin, Adam P. and Onstott, Tullis C.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2918fff625cbefae3f9af258899f68c0e/lepraunch}, description = {Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth}, doi = {10.1126/science.1155495}, eprint = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5899/275.full.pdf}, interhash = {a307fb59e023cc9c46ee55c033946428}, intrahash = {918fff625cbefae3f9af258899f68c0e}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {10}, number = 5899, pages = {275-278}, timestamp = {2014-02-02T14:00:18.000+0100}, title = {Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth}, url = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5899/275.abstract}, volume = 322, year = 2008 }