Kato, Kenji and Nagaosa, Kazuyo (2005): Expanding subsurface biosphere

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2007-116667
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Kato, Kenji
Shizuoka University, Institute of Geosciences, Shizuoka, Japan
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Nagaosa, Kazuyo
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Expanding subsurface biosphere
2005
In: Oshima, Shoichi (prefacer), Kasahara, Junzo (prefacer), The serial number 1000 special issue on Studies in Earth and environmental sciences at the beginning of the 21st century
Tokyo Geographical Society, Tokyo, Japan
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434-444
Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) revealed that huge amount of bacteria exists in subsurface environment which extends probably up to 1.5 km beneath the seafloor, and a recent study suggests that this extends in continental subsurface as well. A study in shallow aquifer shows that bacteria exhibit high activity under the environmental constraint. Dynamic interaction between microorganisms and the Earth will be soon unveiled, which may enforce us to rewrite evolution of life and its interaction with the development of the Earth environment.
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General paleontology; bacteria; biosphere; life origin; Ocean Drilling Program; oxygen; paleontology; processes;

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