Extreme Microbes Found in Crystals Buried 200 Feet Beneath the Sea of Japan
Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of microdolomite grains (490 times magnification) recovered from inside a gas hydrate beneath nearly 200 feet of seafloor sediment. Credit: Glen Snyder, Meiji University Gas Hydrate Research Laboratory Buried hundreds of feet under the ocean bottom in the Sea of Japan, where bone-chilling temperatures and intense pressure discourage most forms of …
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