The seabed of our
planet is teeming with life forms unknown, according to an article in the
journal Nature. Bacteria on the seabed could be older than life on the planet's
surface.
Scientists suggest that
between 60% and 70% of all bacteria live deep in the seabed of the Earth, away
from sunlight. Some of the new bacteria identified are about 16 million years
and survived some 400 meters deep.
