Light cast on deep, dark biosphere

• Autores: Catherine Brahic
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2974, 2014, pág. 10
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The strange organisms that eke out a living deep beneath humans' feet are finally being revealed by genetics. Many of them are small, co-dependent and fueled by mysterious sources of energy. At the Goldschmidt conference in Sacramento CA last week, Beth Orcutt of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay MEand Jill Banfield of the University of California, Berkeley, presented separate detailed surveys of these microbes, revealing what kinds of organisms live in such strange habitats and offering tantalizing hints about their lifestyles.