Deep sea microbes dormant for 100 million years are hungry and ready to multiply

Tuesday, July 28, 2020 - 13:10 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers reveal that given the right food in the right laboratory conditions, microbes collected from subseafloor sediment as old as 100 million years can revive and multiply, even after laying dormant since large dinosaurs prowled the planet.

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