Halicephalobus mephisto
BioProject PRJNA528747 | Data Source American University, Washington, D.C. | Taxonomy ID 703951
About Halicephalobus mephisto
The nematode Halicephalobus mephisto is a free-living worm feeding on subterranean bacteria. It was first found in ore recovered from deep rock fracture water in South African goldmines. It is able to survive as deep as 3.6 km under the surface of Earth, resisting temperatures as high as 37°C.
Genome Assembly & Annotation
Assembly
The assembly was deposited to INSDC under PRJNA528747, and after accessioning was made available to WormBase by John Bracht. Manuscript under review.
Annotation
The annotation was submitted to WormBase in May 2019 by John Bracht.
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Key Publications
- Borgonie G, García-Moyano A, Litthauer D, Bert W, Bester A, van Heerden E, Möller C, Erasmus M, Onstott TC. Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa. Nature, 2011;474(7349):79-82
Assembly Statistics
| Assembly | SWDT01000000, SWDT00000000 |
| Database Version | WBPS14 |
| Genome Size | 61,428,783 |
| Data Source | American University, Washington, D.C. |
| Annotation Version | 2019-05-WormBase |
Gene counts
| Coding genes | 12,546 |
| Pseudogenes | 66 |
| Gene transcripts | 28,062 |
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