A Starving Majority Deep Beneath the Seafloor
By B. Jørgensen, S. D’Hondt. Science, 2006
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The rocks and sediments beneath the seafloor may harbor most of Earth's microorganisms. Molecular approaches are beginning to provide clues regarding the energy sources fueling their metabolic activity.
Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology
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- Geomicrobiology of Eukaryotic Microorganisms (2010, background): “Jørgensen and D’Hondt (2006) point out that metabolic rates of the deep biosphere organisms are very low, on both a cell and a volume of habitat basis.”