Mysterious tunnels in desert rocks may be the work of unknown microbes, hinting at a hidden world inside marble and limestone ...
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Unusual desert rocks suggest unknown microorganism that uses marble and limestone as a habitat"We look at the structure of the rocks to find out how continents came together to form the supercontinent Gondwana 500 to ...
Scientists recently identified peculiar micro-burrows in marble and limestone formations in Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, ...
Fungi can bore through rocks and leave behind tubes, and some types of cyanobacteria also thrive off limestone or marble. It is unlikely that the mystery organisms were cyanobacteria—they need ...
"We noticed strange structures in this marble that were not the result of ... as they can obtain their energy and nutrients from the rocks they live in. "What is so exciting about our discovery ...
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