#lifeafterMeet the forest microbes that can survive megafireshttps://phys.org/news/2022-04-forest-microbes-survive-megafires.htmlThe team was not surprised to find that the Soberanes fire had a massive impact on bacterial and fungal communities, with as much as a 70% decline in the number of microbe species. They were surprised that some yeast and bacteria not only survived the fire but increased in abundance.