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THE presence of living micro-organisms-algæ and bacteria—in Dead Sea water was demonstrated by me some time ago.1 It seemed, therefore, probable that life was also abundant in the sediment bed of the Dead Sea. To throw light on this point an investigation on a sample of sediment obtained from the sea bottom has been carried out.
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Wilkansky, B. (Elazari-Volcani), NATURE, 138, 467 (1936). A full description will be published shortly.
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ELAZARI-VOLCANI, B. Algæ in the Bed of the Dead Sea. Nature 145, 975 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145975a0
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