Sentences with phrase «eating archaea»

When the team assayed the samples for viral infection, they discovered a new virus with a distinctive genetic fingerprint that suggested its likely host was methane - eating archaea.

Recently, while searching the ocean's depths off the coast of Santa Monica, California, a team of UC Santa Barbara scientists discovered something odder still: a remarkable new virus that seemingly infects methane - eating archaea living beneath the ocean's floor.

The mats on the seafloor there, and the walls of the chimneys, are a thick patchwork of methane - eating archaea and sulfate - reducing bacteria.

Not exact matches

That's because archaea eat hydrogen and turn it into methane, so they «hide» the hydrogen the bacteria are producing.