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

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Assembly Statistics

Assembly	SWDT01000000, SWDT00000000
Database Version	WBPS15
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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