Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17330-1
Abstract: Sparse microbial populations persist from seafloor to basement in the slowly accumulating oxic sediment of the oligotrophic South Pacific Gyre (SPG). The physiological status of these communities, including their substrate metabolism, is previously unconstrained. Here… read more here.
Keywords: microbial life; life persists; persists oxic; sediment ... See more keywords