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    Robotic technology helps unlock the hidden microbial world of the deep sea

    2026-11-12T16:09:00Z

    New robotic technology recreates and maintains deep-sea conditions, allowing difficult-to-grow microorganisms to be studied in the laboratory.  Researchers successfully recovered 34 microbial isolates from samples collected 1,300 metres beneath the Sea. The technology grew a microbe that cannot be cultivated under normal atmospheric conditions.