Oil-eating bacteria discovered at the bottom of the Mariana Trench

Plunging down to a depth of about 11,000 m (36,000 ft), the Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the ocean, so it's no surprise that we don't really know what's down there. New species and strange sounds have turned up recently, and now researchers have discovered a new group of oil-eating bacteria.

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Category: Science

Tags:

• Bacteria
• hydrocarbon
• New Atlas Audio
• Ocean
• Oil
• Pollution
• University of East Anglia

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