Found strange Bacteria in Ethiopian volcano

A group of international researchers collected exotic bacteria samples from a hydrothermal lake in the Danakil Depression area, a distance of 125 meters below sea level, ranked as one of the hottest places on the surface. planet.

Danakil Depression in the Afar region, Ethiopia, is a rather special place, it was once a marine environment, but the separation from some tectonic plates has bent the crust and turned this area into a plain salt.

Scientists have found bacteria that live in extremely special environments on Earth.

High temperatures, salts and extremely low pH are not the typical conditions expected to bring life. But the special thing still happens.

In order to survive in the hot springs of Dallol volcano, with a pH of about 0.25, temperatures of up to 90 degrees Celsius and the surroundings flooded with heavy metals and salt, life really still exists with the bacteria. Evidence is that scientists have found evidence of nanoscale saline-resistant bacteria.

"This is a strange, multipolar environment, with organisms that need high temperatures, high salt content and very low pH to survive," said microbiologist Felipe Gómez from the Astrobiology Center in Spain. know.

Although more research is needed, this finding is also extremely important because it opens up an opportunity for humans to find ways to survive in a planet other than Earth.

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