---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: National Science Foundation Update <nsf-upd...@nsf.gov> Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM Subject: Microbe Survives in Ocean's Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations To: mariaodete...@gmail.com
Microbe Survives in Ocean's Deepest Realm, Thanks to Genetic Adaptations<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMjE2OSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTIxNjkmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNDY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&100&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114087&govDel=USNSF_51> [image: Photo of a fleece of bacteria which contains heat-tolerant genes, lining the back of a Pompeii worm.] The genome of a marine bacterium living 2,500 meters below the ocean's surface is providing clues to how life adapts in extreme environments, according to a paper published Feb. 6, 2009, in the journal *PLoS Genetics*. The research focused on the bacterium *Nautilia profundicola*, a microbe that survives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. It was found in a fleece-like lining on the backs of Pompeii worms, a type of tubeworm that lives at hydrothermal vents, and in ... More at http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114087&govDel=USNSF_51<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMjE2OSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTIxNjkmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNDY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&101&&&http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=114087&govDel=USNSF_51> This is an NSF News item. ------------------------------ This e-mail update was generated automatically based on your subscription to the category listed above. Some updates may belong to more than one category, resulting in duplicate messages. You can adjust your National Science Foundation Update subscriptions or delivery preference at any time on your Subscriber Preferences Page<http://links.govdelivery.com/track?type=click&enid=bWFpbGluZ2lkPTQxMjE2OSZtZXNzYWdlaWQ9UFJELUJVTC00MTIxNjkmZGF0YWJhc2VpZD0xMDAxJnNlcmlhbD0xMjE1NDcyNDY2JmVtYWlsaWQ9bWFyaWFvZGV0ZS5zbUBnbWFpbC5jb20mdXNlcmlkPW1hcmlhb2RldGUuc21AZ21haWwuY29tJmV4dHJhPSYmJg==&&&102&&&https://service.govdelivery.com/service/user.html?code=USNSF>. You can also change your e-mail address or stop subscriptions on this page. If you have questions or problems with National Science Foundation Update, please contact supp...@govdelivery.com. National Science Foundation · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cosmology, Mathematics and Philosophy" group. To post to this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cosmology-mathematics-and-philosophy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---