A research team led by Occidental College has identified a previously unknown symbiosis; deep sea spiders that cultivate and feed on bacteria that oxidize methane.
Three undescribed species of Sericosura sea spiders were discovered to host dense layers of methane- and methanol-consuming microbes on their exoskeletons. The microbes not only thrive there but serve as a dominant primary nutritional source for the spiders.
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So how do we get these little friends up out of the deep to eat the methane causing additional climate change and air pollution?
I’m kidding, that’s really neat :) (unless…?)
