In the deep, dark ocean, sunlight-deprived bacteria turn to different sources of energy: dissolved hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
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A billion-year-old ‘hydrogen economy’ in the frozen soil of Antarctica provides bacteria with energy, water, and the carbon that makes up their bodies.
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Professor, Microbiology, Monash University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Geology and Geophysics, University of Southampton
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future and Professor of Biological Sciences, Monash University
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Research Fellow in Microbiology, Monash University