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Bacteria in the Deep Sea: Psychropiezophiles

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Psychrophiles: from Biodiversity to Biotechnology

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Despite the fact that up to 60% of the Earth's surface is covered by seas of depths exceeding 1,000 m, the study of microorganisms in the deep sea is very incomplete. The deep sea is regarded as an extreme environment with high hydrostatic pressures (up to 110 MPa), predominantly low temperatures (2–4°C), but with occasional regions of extremely high temperatures (up to 370°C) at hydrothermal vents, darkness, and low nutrient availability, although with sufficient dissolved oxygen (Fig. 5.1).

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  1. Extremobiosphere Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, 237-0061, Japan

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Nogi, Y. (2008). Bacteria in the Deep Sea: Psychropiezophiles. In: Margesin, R., Schinner, F., Marx, JC., Gerday, C. (eds) Psychrophiles: from Biodiversity to Biotechnology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74335-4_5

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