New bacteria groups, and stunning diversity, discovered underground
Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 06:02
in Biology & Nature
One of the most detailed genomic studies of any ecosystem to date has revealed an underground world of stunning microbial diversity, and added dozens of new branches to the tree of life. The bacterial bonanza comes from scientists who reconstructed the genomes of more than 2,500 microbes from sediment and groundwater samples collected at an aquifer in Colorado.