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by pdkl95
3244 days ago
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There are at least 5 extremophile species in the biofilms at Iron Mountain, according to the sequencing done at the JGI[0][1] in the early 2000s. They've continued[3] sequencing more samples form the mine ove3r the last decade, so I suspect the actual number of known species is far higher. The effort to sequence their genomes was one of the first attempts to directly sequence an environmental sample without first culturing and separating the individual species (with environmental samples, the separation happens during assembly). This is important when there no known way to culture the bacteria/archaea under investigation. [0] Disclosure: I provided software support for this project. [1] http://jgi.doe.gov/news_2_2_04/ [2] http://genome.jgi.doe.gov/?core=genome&query=acid%20mine&sea... |
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[1] Perhaps the most epic of epic replies was Colin Percival's legendary snorter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079