Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

Inagaki, F.; Hinrichs, K.-U.; Kubo, Y.; W. Bowles, M.; B. Heuer, V.; Hong, W.-L.; Hoshino, T.; Ijiri, A.; Imachi, H.; Ito, M.; Kaneko, M.; A. Lever, M.; Lin, Y.-S.; A. Methé, B.; Morita, S.; Morono, Y.; Tanikawa, W.; Bihan, M.; A. Bowden, S.; Elvert, M.; Glombitza, C.; Gross, D.; J. Harrington, G.; Hori, T.; Li, K.; Limmer, D.; Liu, C.-H.; Murayama, M.; Ohkouchi, N.; Ono, S.; Park, Y.-S.; C. Phillips, S.; Prieto-Mollar, X.; Purkey, M.; Riedinger, N.; Sanada, Y.; Sauvage, J.; Snyder, G.; Susilawati, R.; Takano, Y.; Tasumi, E.; Terada, T.; Tomaru, H.; Trembath-Reichert, E.; T. Wang, D.; Yamada, Y.

doi:10.1126/science.aaa6882

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Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to ~2.5 km below the ocean floor

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Authors:

F. Inagaki

K.-U. Hinrichs

Y. Kubo

Abstract

A deep sleep in coal beds Deep below the ocean floor, microorganisms from forest soils continue to thrive. Inagaki et al. analyzed the microbial communities in several drill cores off the coast of Japan, some sampling more than 2 km below the seafloor (see the Perspective by Huber). Although cell co...

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