are there bacteria that eat lava and will they destroy the earth?

Subject: are there bacteria that eat lava and will they destroy the earth?

Date: Thu Apr 27 07:43:26 2006
Posted by wayne
Grade level: 7-9 School: PS49
City: NY State/Province: NY Country: USA
Area of science: Microbiology
ID: 1146149006.Mi

Message:


we learned about bacteria in ocean vents that lives near lava and the bacteria
eat stuff in the vents. so if they can eat stuff like lava will they keep eating
to the center of the earth and if they do what will happen? i am going to write
a story about planet eating bacterias and wanted to know what they do in real life.

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