Number 4: Microbes Make the World Go Around
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Money doesn’t make the world go around. Microbes do.
In streams of slime in an abandoned, contaminated mine, a WHOI scientist found a previously undiscovered microbe that helps convert rocks into acid.
Katrina Edwards is no longer surprised by the extraordinary capabilities of microorganismsbut the rest of us can still be amazed.
Without even looking at it under a microscope, Andreas Teske could tell immediately that this bacterium was unusual.
Meet one of your long-lost relativesa distant patriarch from whom we all descend.