在陆地和大洋中均已发现微生物生活在沉积物、沉积岩和火山岩之中。在大洋热液泉口微生物和微生物产物非常丰富，被认为是在海底下发现的喜温和喜高温微生物群落的代表。我们的先期研究支持这种假说：微生物参入了大洋火山壳的矿物转换、地壳的元素提取以及地壳中元素的沉... Microbes have been found in sediments, sedimentary rocks and volcanic rocks both on land and in the ocean. Microbial and microbial products are abundant in the ocean hydrothermal springs and are considered to be representative of the hi-temperature and hi-temperature microbial communities found under the seafloor. Our previous study supports the hypothesis that microbes are involved in the mineral conversion of the oceanic volcanic shell, elemental extraction of the crust, and sedimentation of elements in the crust.