Microbes May Thrive Under Pressure"Carnegie Institute scientists Anurag Sharma and James Scott found that E. coli remained viable, despite being squeezed with pressure exceeding 16 thousand times that found at sea level. This means the bacteria could endure pressure conditions like those found 31 miles (50 kilometers) below Earth's crust and perhaps much deeper below the surface of an alien ocean. Previously, scientists believed that only highly specialized organisms, called extremophiles, could thrive in such intense conditions."
by W. B. Schomaker
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