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Deep-sea microbes get unexpected energy boost from marine snow, researchers discover
- February 9, 2026 at 7:56 PM
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For many years, the deep ocean has been seen as a nutrient-poor environment where microbes living in the water survive on very limited resources. But new research from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) challenges that idea. A study led by SDU-biologists at the Department of Biology shows that nutrients might not be so sparse after all in the deep and that microbes have access to a hitherto unknown source of dissolved organic food.
Originally published at Phys.org