Highly Unusual New Species of Bacteria Discovered in the Dark Depths of the Ocean

Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American research team, led by Professor Iliana Baums of the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB) and Dr. Samuel Vohsen from Lehigh University in the United States, has identified two highly unusual bacterial [...]