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Discovery of new deep-soil microbe that may help fight water pollution | The new microbe was found living in soil at depths down to around 70 feet below the surface
It is no secret that the presence of humans has left visible scars on this planet. Be it edging out endangered species with our ever-expanding footprint, or the environmental pollution that comes as a result. One could say we have inextricably linked ourselves with pollution. It is in our drinking…
This is what James Tiedje, a world-renowned microbiologist and director of the Michigan State University (MSU) Center for Microbial Ecology, is hoping to find in Earth’s Critical Zone. Initial work, however, began in United States’ Yellowstone National Park, where Tiedje and his team made a groundbreaking discovery: a new, never-before-detected microbe, found to be thriving at depths of around 70 feet (21 m). Well, as rainwater flows through topsoil, surface microbes act as a sort of first line of defense, filtering out and consuming essential elements such as carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen and sulfur.
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