Great Lake’s Sinkholes Host Exotic Ecosystems Akin To Iced-over Antarctic Lakes

February 26th, 2009 at 7:18 pm (Ecology, Microbiology, News)

From Science Daily, in my backyard sinkhole in Lake Huron they have found cyanobacteria that uses sulfur in photosynthesis. Like the lakes of Antarctica the sinkhole house unique organisms that NASA has been looking at for clue to life on Mars. Which also could produce novel compounds useful in biotechnology, medicine, etc.

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