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Microbes eat rock under ice

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The first description of the microorganisms inhabiting a subglacial lake deep below the Antarctic ice sheet reveals some of the complex interactive metabolic processes that sustain these microbial communities. See Letter p.310

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Figure 1: Around goes the ammonium ion.

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