Bold traveller's journey toward the centre of the Earth
Monday, October 13, 2008 - 05:21
in Earth & Climate
The first ecosystem ever found having only a single biological species has been discovered 2.8 kilometres (1.74 miles) beneath the surface of the earth in the Mponeng gold mine near Johannesburg, South Africa. There the rod-shaped bacterium Desulforudis audaxviator exists in complete isolation, total darkness, a lack of oxygen, and 60-degree-Celsius heat...
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