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Scientists discover a unique microbiome on our planet's roof

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Glacier-fed streams are the most extreme freshwater ecosystems in the world.

They all have near-zero temperatures, low nutrient concentrations, almost no sunlight in the winter and strong UV radiation in the summer .

EPFL scientists spent more than five years collecting and analyzing samples from 170 glaciers.

They found that almost half of the bacteria are endemic to a given mountain range.

The scientists' findings have been published in Nature and Nature Microbiology .

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