Haloarchaeal communities in hypersaline brines from the deep subsurface encode the genomic potential for chemolithoautotrophy
Sequencing was performed by Edinburgh Genomics on an Illumina NovaSeq 6000 (Illumina, San Diego, USA) using paired-end sequencing for 2 x 150 cycles. DNA fragmentation and library preparation was performed using NEBNext Ultra II FS DNA library Prep Kit (NEB#E6177). Adapter ligation was conducted using NEBNext Multiplex Oligos for Illumina (NEB#E6440S) following the manufacturers protocol.