Unexpected host dependency of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota [Ecology]

We report cultivation of 2 strains of Antarctic Nanohaloarchaeota and show that they require the haloarchaeon Halorubrum lacusprofundi for growth. By performing growth using enrichments and fluorescence-activated cell sorting, we demonstrated successful cultivation...

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - July 15, 2019 Category: Science Authors: Joshua N. Hamm, Susanne Erdmann, Emiley A. Eloe-Fadrosh, Allegra Angeloni, Ling Zhong, Christopher Brownlee, Timothy J. Williams, Kirston Barton, Shaun Carswell, Martin A. Smith, Sarah Brazendale, Alyce M. Hancock, Michelle A. Allen, Mark J. Raftery, Rica Tags: PNAS Plus Source Type: research