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Published online 6 January 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050103-7
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Microbes brave briny basins
Life proves it can thrive in the severest conditions.
A community of microorganisms has been discovered in one of the saltiest environments on Earth, ultra-saturated salt basins deep in the Mediterranean Sea. The salt solution there is so concentrated, microbiologists are mystified as to how the organisms are able to survive.
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