Posted by: Sandy Steinman | April 6, 2025

Unusual desert rocks suggest unknown microorganism that uses marble and limestone as a habitat

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In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due to the activity of an unknown microbiological life form. Unusually small burrows, i.e., tiny tubes that run through the rock in a parallel arrangement from top to bottom, were discovered in marble and limestone of these desert regions. The paper is published in the Geomicrobiology Journal.

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