<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/link-msu-scientists-discover-new-microbes-in-earths-deep-soil.aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>MSU scientists discover new microbes in Earth’s deep soil</title><description><span>James Tiedje, a world-renowned expert in microbiology at Michigan State University, discovered in this huge, unexplored microbial world a completely different phylum, or primary category, of microbe called CSP1-3.</span></description><pubDate>04/14/2025</pubDate><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-critical%20zone-1.png" alt="Earth's layers being peeled, revealing microbes inside."/></image><externalNewsArticleLink>https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2025/msu-scientists-discover-new-microbes-in-earths-deep-soil?sc_camp=4A8CD0E5C78747BB8DAD90A5961EE528&amp;utm_source=msutoday-email&amp;utm_medium=em&amp;utm_campaign=standard-promo&amp;id=e214ee46f84f4599d05d4b15db4c7218&amp;pto=e214ee46f84f4599d05d4b15db4c7218&amp;utm_content=image5</externalNewsArticleLink><categories/><broadcast/></item>