University of Arizona: A Life Less Obvious - Study Sheds Light on the Evolution of Underground Microbes
November 02, 2021
November 02, 2021
TUCSON, Arizona, Nov. 2 (TNSJou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2021:
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A new study sheds light on the evolutionary history of what might be the most elusive form of life on Earth: the deep biosphere - a hidden realm of microbes inhabiting the upper few kilometers of Earth's crust.
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Deep, dark fractures reaching far down into the oldest rocks on Earth may seem about as hospitable to life . . .
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A new study sheds light on the evolutionary history of what might be the most elusive form of life on Earth: the deep biosphere - a hidden realm of microbes inhabiting the upper few kilometers of Earth's crust.
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Deep, dark fractures reaching far down into the oldest rocks on Earth may seem about as hospitable to life . . .