Dirty, Crusty Meals Fit for (Long-Dormant) Microbes
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 - 07:30
in Earth & Climate
In deserts and other arid lands, microbes often form very thin top layers on soil known as biocrusts, which behave a bit like Rip Van Winkle. He removed himself from a stressful environment by sleeping for decades, and awoke to a changed world; similarly, the biocrust’s microbes lie dormant for long periods until precipitation (such […]