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Loricifera: Larger life without oxygen

Loricifera [drawing, NASA] Meet the loricifera. It’s not a neighbor; living 10,000 feet down in the muck at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. It’s not a relative, not even close, in fact, it doesn’t use oxygen. That in itself is not unusual for bacteria or viruses, but loricifera is neither bacteria nor virus. It [...]
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