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The Error of the Evolution
of Species

methane-eating microbes—once thought to be impossible—

now look to be profoundly important to the planet's carbon
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Another striking fact is the flawless co-operation and or-
der among the bacteria in question, revealed only with this
century's technology: Thanks to archaeobacteria (which
have a number of different structural features) bacteria can
feed on methane in an oxygen-free environment, because

the archaeobacteria in turn provide the oxygen that the bac-
teria need.
These creatures, too small to be seen with the naked
eye, live thousands of meters down in the oceans in a lay-
er of mud containing no oxygen, where they work non-
stop. What would happen if these single-celled organisms
disappeared? Their importance is crystal clear: Should these
micro-organisms vanish, then large quantities of methane
gas ion in the sea bed would enter the atmosphere. Global

warning of mud due to the greenhouse effect would occur.
The climatic balance would be damaged all over the world,
and the Earth would become a planet too hot for us to live
on.
In 2001, it was learned that certain species of bacteria
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live beneath the ocean bed, in the Earth's crust. These or-
ganisms' natural habitat lies up to 300 meters (985 feet) be-

neath the ocean floor, and thousands of meters under the

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