Microbes post-apocalypse: questions of survival

Frightening to think that not only threatens our planet. And the catastrophic volcanic eruptions, and a massive asteroid strike, and, of course, nuclear war. They cause the release of many small particles in the atmosphere and plunge the Earth for a long time in the cold and darkness. Whether this will survive the life of the Apocalypse, without the constant feeding of warm sunshine? Yes - at least in the form of microbes capable of switching to alternative sources of energy. A study on the survival of organisms in the period of "catastrophic Darkness, held British scientists led by the Charles Coquelles (Charles Cockell). To do this, they placed samples of freshwater and marine organisms in total darkness for six months period. Examples include organisms that use different energy sources - including phototrophic, absorbing sunlight and miksotrofov able to use as solar radiation, and inorganic and organic compounds, in a word, "universal energy". Phototrophic barely survived the six-month imprisonment. Almost all of them were killed, and only a few went into a state of "hibernation", and came with the advent of light, again quickly by typing the original strength. Miksotrofy also kept gallant and moved the test fairly easily. Moreover, they are in a sense, "helping hand" to their fellow-phototrophic. When the light disappeared, they quickly moved to food, dead organisms, the existence of continuing and maintaining circulation of nutrients. This provided phototrophic suitable conditions at the time when the light was switched on again and they could begin to multiply. In short, contrary to popular opinion, the darkness of a catastrophic nuclear winter is unlikely to lead to the complete destruction of life and even photosynthetic organisms. At least, not taking into account other possible factors, "Apocalypse": cooling effects of radiation and so on. Biosphere - very stable thing. And surely survive a planetary disaster bacteria supermen, which transcend even the hard radiation, fatal to all living things.