SETI public: Photosynthetic bacteria may be able to live without solar light

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From: LARRY KLAES (ljk4_at_msn.com)
Date: Tue Nov 22 2005 - 06:06:33 PST

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    Photosynthetic bacteria may be able to live without solar light, instead
    using thermal radiation from hot fluid for energy, according to a study in
    this week's PNAS. Researchers led by J. Thomas Beatty of the University of
    British Columbia, Vancouver, have found obligately photosynthetic green
    sulfur bacteria at a deep-sea hydrothermal vent more than a mile below the
    ocean surface.

    "They're seeing photosynthesis where there's no sunlight," said Carl Bauer
    of Indiana University, who was not involved in the study. "That's amazing."

    http://www.the-scientist.com/news/20050621/01

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