Eukaryotic opportunists dominate the deep-subsurface biosphere in South Africa

Following the discovery of the first Eukarya in the deep subsurface, intense interest has developed to understand the diversity of eukaryotes living in these extreme environments. We identified that Platyhelminthes, Rotifera, Annelida and Arthropoda are thriving at 1.4 km depths in palaeometeoric fi...

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Main Authors: Borgonie, G., Linage-Alvarez, B., Ojo, A. O., Mundle, S.O.C., Freese, L B., Van Rooyen, C., Kuloyo, O., Albertyn, J., Pohl, C., Cason, E. D., Vermeulen, J., Pienaar, C., Litthauer, D., Van Niekerk, H., Van Eeden, J., Lollar, B. Sherwood., Onstott, T. C., Van Heerden, E.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4673884/