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Microbial ´Dark Matter´: Centuries-old Lava Caves Of Hawaiʻi Island Contain Thousands Of Unknown Bacterial Species

The lava caves, lava tubes and geothermal vents on the big island of Hawaiʻi have higher bacterial diversity than scientists expected, reports a new study in Frontiers in Microbiology. These […]

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