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We've put so much plastic pollution out there that bacteria are trying to eat it.
Archaea are probably the most successful beings on Earth. They've been around for billions of years and can survive almost anywhere.
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Worry and excitement, all in one paper.
Nothing to freak out about. This is perfectly normal.
Some species of bacteria can survive virtually anywhere: in acids, in nuclear waste, at extremely low or high temperatures, at extreme pressures, and so on; extreme microbes that survive on gases thrown out by Siberian hot springs may have played an extremely important role in the formation of our planet’s atmosphere and its composition, a […]