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Bacteria thrive at stunning depths

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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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  1. Schippers A. et al. Nature 433, 861-864 (2005).

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  1. Roxanne Khamsi
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Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany

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Khamsi, R. Bacteria thrive at stunning depths. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050221-11

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