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Report on unknown microorganisms found in Baikal due in September

"We suspect it being a new, previously unknown form of life. It represents balls some 1-3 cm in diameter stuffed with defunct organic compounds"

07:53 13/08/2010

Siberian scientists will make in September a report on previously unknown microbial colonies, found in Lake Baikal earlier this week.

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Russian subs explore Lake Baikal

The underwater expedition of Lake Baikal started in 2008. This summer, researchers searched for new species of flora and fauna, and dove down more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) to the deepest point of the lake, near Olkhon Island.

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