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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Tranter, M. Microbes eat rock under ice. Nature 512, 256–257 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/512256a
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