Novel, Deep-Branching Heterotrophic Bacterial Populations Recovered from Thermal Spring Metagenomes

• Published in: Frontiers in microbiology Vol. 7; p. 304
• Main Authors: Colman, Daniel R, Jay, Zackary J, Inskeep, William P, Jennings, Ryan deM, Maas, Kendra R, Rusch, Douglas B, Takacs-Vesbach, Cristina D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 15.03.2016; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Aquificales; BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; Calescamantes; Hot Springs; hyperthermophiles; Microbiology; Pyropristinus; Thermotogae; Yellowstone National Park; Yellowstone National Park; Aquificales; Thermotogae; hot springs; Calescamantes; Pyropristinus; hyperthermophiles

Thermal spring ecosystems are a valuable resource for the discovery of novel hyperthermophilic Bacteria and Archaea, and harbor deeply-branching lineages that provide insight regarding the nature of early microbial life. We characterized bacterial populations in two circumneutral (pH ~8) Yellowstone...