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New Type of Bacteria Reportedly Found in Buried Antarctic Lake

2013-03-08 00:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LiveScience: A new type of microbe has been found at a lake buried under Antarctica's thick ice, according to news reports. The find may unveil clues of the surrounding environment in the lake, according to scientists. The bacteria, said to be only 86 percent similar to other types known to exist on Earth, was discovered in a water sample taken from Lake Vostok, which sits under more than 2 miles (3 kilometers) of Antarctic ice. The freshwater lake has likely been buried, unaltered, under the ice for the past...

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