Atribacteria reproducing over millions of years in the Atlantic abyssal subseafloor
Aurele Vuillemin, Sergio Vargas, Omer K Coskun, Robert Pockalny, Richard W Murray, David C Smith, Steven D'Hondt, William D Orsi
The paper shows that 'Ca. Atribacteria' in abyssal subseafloor sediments increase biomass over millions of years through fermentation and gene expression linked to reproduction.
mBio · Oct 27, 2020Peer-reviewedMicrobiology