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If chemosynthetic microbial communities were more widespread than previously believed, their fossils may be more common as well.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In future studies, they hope to work out how the bodies of these so called "chemosynthetic" or chemical-fuelled creatures convert these chemicals into energy.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2025

Now, new research in the journal Nature Microbiology inventoried chemosynthetic microbes at the bottom of the ocean and found that many more microbes thrived without sunlight than previously thought.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2023

Around these vents chemosynthetic bacteria utilize the hydrogen sulfide and other minerals emitted as an energy source and serve as the base of the food chain found in the abyssal zone.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

In the years that followed, researchers would find more chemosynthetic communities on seafloors around the world.

From Scientific American • Feb. 12, 2018