Subsurface Bacterium Dance from pore video Watch Video
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Description: How life survives in the deep subsurface within granite rock is at the heart of my PhD. I isolated an organism from within a mine in Colorado and discovered it has the ability to harness energy oxidizing rock-derived iron for growth. This organism, Ralstonia, lives within tiny pore spaces in granite rock and in fluid circulating through the rock. The sheet behind the dancers and the diagram at the beginning of the video visually model how this bacterium survives in its granite home.nnRueda de Ca