{"id":4521,"date":"2025-08-04T20:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T20:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/?p=4521"},"modified":"2025-08-05T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T16:57:26","slug":"5-fun-facts-about-deep-sea-microorganisms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/wrigley\/2025\/08\/04\/5-fun-facts-about-deep-sea-microorganisms\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Fun Facts about Deep Sea Microorganisms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n    \n              \n<div class=\"f--field f--page-title\">\n\n    \n  <h1>5 Fun Facts about Deep Sea Microorganisms<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>Caitlin Roehmholdt<\/strong>\n    \n      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