The research, led by Belgian nematodologist Gaetan Borgonie and Princeton geo-microbiologist Tullis Onstott, took place in the deep gold and platinum mines of …

H. mephisto measures 0.5mm and eats films of bacteria. It was found in the Beatrix gold mine some 240 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. The Driefontein …

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Tullis Onstott's research team, along with Gaetan Borgonie of the University of Ghent in Belgium, recently made a startling discovery: microscopic roundworms known as …

But scientists have now found four species of nematode, or roundworm, lurking in South Africa's gold mines at depths where only single-celled bacteria were …

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Borgonie's discovery, reported in the June 2 edition of the journal Nature, was the result of some 25 trips down into the deepest cuts in the world, the gold and platinum …

1/3. (0.8 miles) below the surface where the temperatures reach 37C (98.6F). This was believed to be a higher temperature than most nematodes could tolerate. H. mephisto …

June 1, 2011. 3 min read. Newly Discovered Microscopic Worm Thrives in Gold Mines a Kilometer Underground. High temperature, low oxygen and permanent darkness are no …

Deep Inside a Gold Mine With the Researcher Who Found the 'Devil Worm'. If we can find life two miles underground, we might be able to find it on Mars. by Caroline …