Energy efficiency and biological interactions define the core microbiome of deep oligotrophic groundwater

Ecological constraints on microbial niches in oligotrophic deep groundwaters remain elusive. This study provides support for the existence of a common core microbiome in two deep groundwater biomes of the Fennoscandian Shield using a genome-resolved, integrated omics analysis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maliheh Mehrshad, Margarita Lopez-Fernandez, John Sundh, Emma Bell, Domenico Simone, Moritz Buck, Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Stefan Bertilsson, Mark Dopson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24549-z