Frozen for 5,000 years, this ice cave bacterium resists modern antibiotics
Sebastian Ujică
Scarisoara Ice Cave in Romania. Credit: Paun V.I. Bacteria are remarkably adaptable, thriving in some of the harshest places on Earth, from boiling hot springs to deep freezes far below zero. Ice caves are one such extreme habitat, home to diverse microorganisms that scientists are only beginning to understand. These frozen environments may contain vast stores of genetic material that have gone largely unexplored. In Romania, researchers recently examined a bacterial strain that had been
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