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Organisms Found in Deepest Part of Ocean WASHINGTON - Tiny single-celled organisms, many of
them previously unknown, have been discovered beneath nearly seven miles of
water in the deepest part of the ocean.
A sample of sediment collected from the Challenger Deep southwest of Guam in the Pacific Ocean Islands yielded several hundred foraminifera, a type of plankton that is usually abundant near the ocean surface.
"On the species level, all the species we found from the Challenger Deep are quite new," researcher Hiroshi Kitazato said vie e-mail. |
