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Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator - Wikipedia

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Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator is a species of bacterium that lives in groundwater at depths from 1.5–3 kilometres (0.93–1.86 mi) below the Earth's surface. The genus is monospecific. The name comes from a quotation from Jules Verne's novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, where the hero, Professor Lidenbrock, finds a secret inscription in Latin: Descende, audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges (Descend, bold traveller, and you will attain the center of the Earth).[1] Desulforudis audaxviator is the only bacterium found in water samples obtained 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) underground in the Mponeng Gold Mine in South Africa.[2][3] Approximately four micrometres in length, it survives on chemical food sources derived from the radioactive decay of minerals in the surrounding rock. This makes it one of the few known organisms that does not depend on sunlight for nourishment, and the only species known to be alone in its ecosystem.[1] It has genes for extracting carbon from carbo

Desulforudis audaxviator - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator ) Monotypic genus of bacterium Desulforudis Desulforudis audaxviator Scientific classification ( Candidatus ) Domain: Bacteria Phylum: Bacillota Class: Clostridia Order: Clostridiales Family: Peptococcaceae Genus: Desulforudis Chivian et al. 2008 Species: Ca. D. audaxviator Binomial name Ca. Desulforudis audaxviator Chivian et al. 2008 Candidatus genus Desulforudis is a monotypic taxon including the species Desulforudis audaxviator . It is a species of

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