Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Marine microorganisms hold the key to life on Earth

Few people realize that all life on earth evolved from microorganisms in the sea. Microorganisms, or microbes, are those organisms too small to be observed by the human eye and they are everywhere, often in huge numbers. Just one litre of coastal seawater contains up to a billion microbes including thousands of different types.

URL: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120724104308.htm

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