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Most geobiological research is done on land, so there is a lot we don't know about the microbial life that lives in the deep subseafloor. It was once | Microbiology
The conditions within this "deep biosphere" had been studied by scientists since the mid-1990s, particularly on how life thrived in an environment that is food-deprived and extremely isolated.
It was thought that microbes in sediments beneath the seafloor died above 80°C, but scientists have found some that can survive up to 120°C and possibly higher temperatures