Northwestern University: Organized Microbial 'Workforces' Keep Earth's Underground Biosphere Running
June 04, 2026
June 04, 2026
EVANSTON, Illinois, June 4 (TNSjou) -- Northwestern University posted the following news release:
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Organized microbial 'workforces' keep Earth's underground biosphere running
Underground ecosystems consistently assemble into functional microbial guilds
* Scientists repeatedly sampled microbes from six sites up to 1.5 kilometers deep across four years inside a former goldmine
* Microbial ecosystems appear to be s . . .
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Organized microbial 'workforces' keep Earth's underground biosphere running
Underground ecosystems consistently assemble into functional microbial guilds
* Scientists repeatedly sampled microbes from six sites up to 1.5 kilometers deep across four years inside a former goldmine
* Microbial ecosystems appear to be s . . .