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10.14.08

They Came from Underseas!

A massive amount of our planet's vegetation is a single species of bacteria-like organisms, new research uncovers

By Sam Barrett Posted 07.23.2008 at 4:40 pm 2 Comments

Ninety billion tons, nearly one-tenth of Earth's biomass, is made up of microbes living beneath the sea floor, according to two studies appearing this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature.

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