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

@article{citeulike:3392415, 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. 10.1126/science.1155495}, 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.}, citeulike-article-id = {3392415}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1155495}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5899/275.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/content/322/5899/275.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5899/275}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18845759}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18845759}, day = {10}, doi = {10.1126/science.1155495}, journal = {Science}, keywords = {anaerobic, autotrophy, deep\_biosphere, sulfate}, month = {October}, number = {5899}, pages = {275--278}, posted-at = {2008-10-10 15:13:41}, priority = {0}, title = {Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1155495}, volume = {322}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3392415 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3392415 N2 - 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. 10.1126/science.1155495 IS - 5899 JF - Science EP - 278 TI - Environmental Genomics Reveals a Single-Species Ecosystem Deep Within Earth VL - 322 SP - 275 KW - anaerobic KW - autotrophy KW - deep_biosphere KW - sulfate AU - Chivian, Dylan AU - Brodie, Eoin AU - Alm, Eric AU - Culley, David AU - Dehal, Paramvir AU - DeSantis, Todd AU - Gihring, Thomas AU - Lapidus, Alla AU - Lin, Li-Hung AU - Lowry, Stephen AU - Moser, Duane AU - Richardson, Paul AU - Southam, Gordon AU - Wanger, Greg AU - Pratt, Lisa AU - Andersen, Gary AU - Hazen, Terry AU - Brockman, Fred AU - Arkin, Adam AU - Onstott, Tullis PY - 2008/10/10/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1155495 ER -