Deep microbes live long and slow:
Long-lived bacteria, reproducing only once every 10,000 years, have been found in rocks 2.5km (1.5 miles) below the ocean floor that are as much as 100 million years old.
Viruses and fungi have also been found.
Deep microbes live long and slow:
Long-lived bacteria, reproducing only once every 10,000 years, have been found in rocks 2.5km (1.5 miles) below the ocean floor that are as much as 100 million years old.
Viruses and fungi have also been found.
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