Kabuno Bay, Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (IMAGE)

University of British Columbia

Kabuno Bay, Lake Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Microbes in Kabuno Bay metabolize iron and grow at rates high enough to indicate their ancient equivalents deposited some of the world's largest sedimentary iron ore deposits.

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University of British Columbia

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