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We鈥檝e been drastically underestimating Earth鈥檚 microbial diversity
A survey of bacteria and archaea living in 99 coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean found these ecosystems may contain more microbes than current estimates for the whole planet 鈥� suggesting everywhere else on Earth does too
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