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Even glaciers have a microbiome — including unique bacteria

Glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau boast a wide diversity of microorganisms, including species found nowhere else.
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Gram-negative rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria are widespread in soil and water — and also live in glaciers high on the Tibetan Plateau. Credit: Science Photo Library

The glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau host a vast range of microbial life forms, many of them organisms that have been found nowhere else1.

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Nature 607, 10 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01777-x

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  1. Liu, Y. et al. Nature Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01367-2 (2022).

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