Highly evolved bacteria found near hydrothermal vents: Iron-oxidizing bacteria found along Mid-Atlan

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Highly evolved bacteria found near hydrothermal vents: Iron-oxidizing bacteria found along Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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Bacteria that live on iron were found for the first time at three well-known vent sites along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. These bacteria likely play an important role in deep-ocean iron cycling, and are dominant members of communities near and adjacent to sulfur-rich hydrothermal vents prevalent along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This group of iron-oxidizing bacteria, Zetaproteobacteria, appears to be restricted to environments where iron is plentiful, suggesting they are highly evolved to utilize iron for energy.

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1. very very interesting

[Jon82]

2. good read

A nice article. Interesting to read. Now, it has me wondering how the bacteria knows where to go for an energy source. Thank you for giving my mind something else to add to the list of curiosities.

[Hekate]

3. We keep thinking alien life-forms are going to need the same environment as we do to evolve, but...

... I for one completely rethought that notion when the first articles about hydrothermal vents were published.