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SUBMITTER: Parnell J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3656391 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parnell John J Boyce Adrian J AJ Hurst Andrew A Davidheiser-Kroll Brett B Ponicka Joanna J
Scientific reports 20130101
There is extensive evidence from drilling into continental margins for microbial colonization of a deep biosphere. However it is difficult to prove deep biosphere activity in the geological record, where evidence for life is dominated by the remains of organic matter buried after deposition at the surface. Nevertheless we propose that natural injections of sand into muddy strata at continental margins represent an excellent habitat opportunity for deep microbial activity down to several kilometr ...[more]