Scientists unearth a clue to the molecular mechanisms involved in N 2 O reduction by deep-sea hydrothermal vent bacteria.

Explore the ocean's extreme depths, where vent worms and extremophile bacteria thrive in scorching heat and crushing pressure ...

host the microorganisms in their tissues in exchange for organic compounds that the bacteria fashion from the vent chemicals and seawater. (The only element from above that these microbes require ...