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Beneath the ocean floor lives a largely unstudied community of microbial life that
scientists have dubbed the 'dark biosphere and are now only just beginning to
explore. One type of life that researchers are particularly excited about is ancient
marine fungi because of its genetic variety and
potential for developing new medicines and drugs.
"Fungi can produce interesting natural compounds,
some of which are antibiotics." says microbiologist
William Orsi of the Oceanographic Institution in
Massachusetts. "Deep biosphere lungi are an
untapped resource by the pharmaceutical industry."
Orsi has analyzed sediment from as deep as
127m beneath the sea floor, retrieved from ocean
basins around the world,
There he has discovered a diverse fungi community
living in the mud, some of which is 2.7 million years
old. The oldest fungi living in the sediment of the
Pacific Ocean has been found to correlate closely
with the amount of organic carbon sediments present, which indicates their role
in carbon recycling in the sub-surface ecosystem.
That's not so surprising if you consider that some fungi species have the natural
ability to break down industrial toxins, and even crude oil components that have
been released into the ocean. Not all seafaring fungi is so eco-friendly, however,
For instance, the fungus known to cause dandruff and eczema in humans has
been found throughout the ocean, but largely favours coral reefs where it has
been implicated in disease and ecological decline.
Answer the questions
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
2. Explain what you learned.
3. Underline the most important information in each paragraph,
4. Write a sumrnary. Tell what is most important.
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Focus is the answer of the 4th question I think so
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