Multicellular Life in the Deep Subsurface Biosphere - Wildlife Gardeners

suunto · 06-02-2011, 07:17 AM

Microbial communities have long been known to exist in areas well below the Earth's surface, but the recent discovery of nematodes in deep (0.9 to 3.6 kilometers subsurface) mines in South Africa indicates that the deep subsurface biosphere may be richer in life than previously thought. See "Nematoda from the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface of South Africa" (Nature, v. 474 pp. 79–82; 02 June 2011)
Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

philip · 06-02-2011, 07:34 AM

I didn't realise you could build a phylogenetic tree having only sequenced the small subunit of the ribosome.

Interesting letter Suunto. I can't read the full thing any more since my privileges have expired

06-02-2011, 07:17 AM	#1
suunto The Bug Whisperer Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Monroe County, WV, USA	Multicellular Life in the Deep Subsurface Biosphere Microbial communities have long been known to exist in areas well below the Earth's surface, but the recent discovery of nematodes in deep (0.9 to 3.6 kilometers subsurface) mines in South Africa indicates that the deep subsurface biosphere may be richer in life than previously thought. See "Nematoda from the Terrestrial Deep Subsurface of South Africa" (Nature, v. 474 pp. 79–82; 02 June 2011) Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa : Nature : Nature Publishing Group __________________ “Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.” Henry Ward Beecher

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06-02-2011, 07:34 AM	#2
philip Salamander Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: North Bergen / Cliffside Park New Jersey	I didn't realise you could build a phylogenetic tree having only sequenced the small subunit of the ribosome. Interesting letter Suunto. I can't read the full thing any more since my privileges have expired