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  "id": 7839972,
  "title": "Evidence for endemism and local adaptation in Antarctic soil bacteria",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/evidence-for-endemism-and-local-adaptation-in-antarctic-soil-bacteria",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-31T07:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PNAS",
    "slug": "pnas",
    "url": "https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2611373123?af=R"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 37, September 2026. SignificanceAntarctic soils are among the most extreme environments on Earth, yet they host diverse microbial communities whose adaptations are poorly understood. To test whether Antarctic microbes are distinct from those found elsewhere, we examined...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}