Researchers find high microbial diversity in glacial streams
The Swiss researchers have been studying the characteristics and strategies that microorganisms have developed to survive in the extreme ecosystems of glacier-fed streams.
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Listening: Researchers find high microbial diversity in glacial streams
Swiss researchers have discovered an incredible diversity of microorganisms in glacial streams around the world. However, this diversity is under threat as soon as it is discovered.
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For over five years, a team led by scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) has collected and analysed samples from 170 glacial streams around the world.
The aim of the project, called “Vanishing Glaciers”, is to uncover some of the characteristics and strategies that microorganisms have developed to survive in the extreme ecosystems of glacier-fed streams.
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