thermophilic Archives - Astrobiology

Archaeal composition across 152 Tengchong geothermal spring samples. (a) Relative abundance of Archaea within microbial communities. (b) Heatmap of the relative abundance of each archaeal class within archaeal communities. Samples are clustered by geothermal spring pools, and detailed information for each sample is provided in Supplementary Table 1. -- Sci Data via PubMed

Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Sample Return, Status Report

Recovery Of Nearly 3,000 Archaeal Genomes From 152 Terrestrial Geothermal Spring Metagenomes

by Keith CowingJanuary 29, 2025September 18, 2025

Terrestrial geothermal springs, reminiscent of early Earth conditions, host diverse and abundant populations of Archaea.