Endolithic organisms were found living in Columbia River Basalts (OR-WA-ID border) at 2 kilometers depth.

http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Dec96/LifeUnderground.html

They unfortunately referred to such communities as a Subsurface Lithoautotrophic Microbial Ecosystem. What does "lithoautotrophic" mean?

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