Genetic adaptations are key to microbe's survival in challenging environment

The research focused on the bacterium Nautilia profundicola, a microbe that survives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Photosynthesis cannot occur in this dark environment, where hot, toxic fluids oozing from below the seafloor combine with cold seawater at very high pressures.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news153145518.html">Genetic adaptations are key to microbe's survival in challenging environment</a></p> <p>The research focused on the bacterium <I>Nautilia profundicola</I>, a microbe that survives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Photosynthesis cannot occur in this dark environment, where hot, toxic fluids oozing from below the seafloor combine with cold seawater at very high pressures.</p>