Oil-Eating Microbes Have Worldwide Underground Connections

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Oil-Eating Microbes Have Worldwide Underground Connections

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Feb 15, 2015

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Life thrives even deep inside Earth and scientists are beginning to suspect extensive connections among those underground environments. David Biello reports

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Feb 15, 2015

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