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In the hot, dark water of a South African mine, scientists have found the world's loneliest species.
Everywhere else biologists have studied life on our planet, they've found communities of life, but today, biologists announced they have discovered an ecosystem that contains just a single species of bacteria.
One-Organism Ecosystem Discovered in African Gold Mine
Seeded on Thu Oct 9, 2008 6:44 PM EDT
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I haven't read the primary literature on this story, but demonstrating this organism is truly independent of all other life in meeting its living requirement is a task much more difficult that it might expected. And as far as I am aware, other examples of autotrophs, both chemo and photo, have been described. It will be interesting to see how closely the actual research paper tracks with the story told in this Wired article.
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