By Dr Bik, on  April 26th, 2012 Microbes, Organisms, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls 16S, Bacteria, DNA, Microbes, rRNA, sulfur, Thiomargarita namibiensis The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of their chair for that? The truth is, we do have aliens peppered among us. Think about Men in Black: plenty of space creatures, but Homo sapiens remains completely oblivious. . . . → Read More: In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting
As part of the Expedition 327 of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program aboard the ocean drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution, Adopt a Microbe is unleashed! From the website… The project in a nutshell: Adopt a microbe from the deep biosphere. Get to know your microbe through exciting weekly activities. Submit your weekly projects online to qualify . . . → Read More: Adopt a Microbe From the Deep
By Dr. M, on  January 18th, 2010 Ecology, New Research, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls active gas seepage, Carbon, carbonate, Chemoautotrophy, Coral, deep sea, energy, food chains, gas, Gulf of Mexico, Lophelia pertusa, Methane Seeps, Nitrogen, oil, Open Lab 2009, Provanna Sculpta, Stable Isotopes, sulfur, Trophic Ecology This is a repost of KZ’s winning post for Open Laboratory 2009: The Best Science Writing on the Web. Congrats to KZ! ———————————————————————————————————— This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling efforts and multiple lines of evidence. You . . . → Read More: Repost: Deep-Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
By Kevin Zelnio, on  July 25th, 2009 Uncategorized active gas seepage, Best of Zelnio, Carbon, Coral, Ecology, energy source, food chains, Gulf of Mexico, Lophelia, methane, Methane Seep, Nitrogen, Provanna, seep, Stable Isotope, sulfur, trophic level This is a tale of cause and effect in the deep sea woven by threads of hypotheses held together by the loom of targeted sampling efforts and multiple lines of evidence. You see, dear readers, once upon a time existed an observation. Hovland (1989) noticed along the Norwegian coastline that carbonate reefs occurred in . . . → Read More: Deep Sea Corals and Methane Seeps
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