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Published online 23 February 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050221-11
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Bacteria thrive at stunning depths
Genetic molecule reveals that cells in ancient ocean sediments are alive.
Sediments that lie hundreds of metres below the ocean floor contain living bacteria, an analysis has shown. And according to the study these microbes could produce significant amounts of methane, a gas implicated in global warming.
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