A startling revelation about the number of different kinds of bacteria in the deep sea raises fundamental new questions about microbial life and evolution in the oceans. In a paper published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, scientists reveal marine microbes may be some 10 to 100 times more diverse than had been previously believed. The vast majority of these microbes were previously unknown, low-abundance organisms.
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Ocean Microbe Census Reveals Diverse World of Rare Bacteria
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 1, 2006 01:41 PMA startling revelation about the number of different kinds of bacteria in the deep sea raises fundamental new questions about microbial life and evolution in the oceans. In a paper published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, scientists reveal marine microbes may be some 10 to 100 times more diverse than had been previously believed. The vast majority of these microbes were previously unknown, low-abundance organisms.