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In the deepest place on Earth found microorganisms
A team of scientists has found that at the bottom of the Mariana Trench - the deepest point of the world's oceans - home to many active microorganisms.
According to a study published in the scientific journal Nature Geoscience, it is a primitive single-celled microbes that lead more active lives than their relatives living at shallower depths.
The researchers note that the microorganisms found posted on dead plants and creatures trapped at the bottom of the ocean troughs.
The deepest point of the Mariana Trench - Challenger Deep - has a depth of about 11 thousand. Meters. To her bottom twice in the history of scientific expeditions were sent. In March last year, down to the bottom of the depression filmmaker James Cameron.