Scientists have identified a surprising new mechanism that could be affecting cloud formation and weather patterns in the arctic.
Bacteria in the ocean floor.
Found in clay samples by folks aboard the joides resolution research ship the microbes survived almost 80 metres beneath the sea floor underneath an astonishing 5 7 kilometres 3 5 miles of.
When tiny plantlike ocean microbes.
This combination of importance and hardiness makes them one of the most successful life forms as well.
When brought back to the lab and fed they started to multiply.
The slow motion bacteria buried deep in the ocean s floor to survive in one of the planet s most energy limited environments a hardy group of microbes appears to live at a glacial pace.
Although many of the microorganisms died when they were brought up to the surface after all the creatures are adapted for the high pressure and low temperature of the ocean floor the finding was.
Bacteria are a very persistent form of life.
Sewage into the oceans releases huge numbers of bacteria and viruses into the water.
Bacteria are also very important for the biological processes that take place on earth.
Now scientists have found a smorgasbord of microbes thriving in another unlikely realm.
Marine bacteria play a major role in the ocean s nutrient cycles.
A bacteria colony on the ocean floor illustrates the ubiquitous nature of microorganisms.
Bacteria from the ocean floor.
The vast hot rocky environment within the earth s crust beneath the ocean floor.