These ancient seafloor microbes woke up after over 100 million years
Scientists revived long-dormant organisms with carbon and nitrogen in the lab
![microscope image of ancient microbes](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/072720_CG_ancient-microbes_feat.jpg?fit=1028%2C579&ssl=1)
Seafloor sediment beneath the South Pacific Gyre in the Pacific Ocean contains still-living ancient microbes (colored green in this microscopy image) that are about 101.5 million years old.
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