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Science 10 November 2006:
Vol. 314. no. 5801, pp. 932 - 934
DOI: 10.1126/science.1133796
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ECOLOGY:
A Starving Majority Deep Beneath the Seafloor

Bo Barker Jørgensen1 and Steven D'Hondt2

The rocks and sediments beneath the seafloor may harbor most of Earth's microorganisms. Molecular approaches are beginning to provide clues regarding the energy sources fueling their metabolic activity.

B. B. Jørgensen is at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, 28359 Bremen, Germany. E-mail: bjoergen{at}mpi-bremen.de S. D'Hondt is at the Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett, RI 02882, USA. E-mail: dhondt{at}gso.uri.edu

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