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Adopt a Microbe From the Deep

Dr. M July 21, 2010 Bacteria deep biosphere JOIDES Resolution Microbe nitrate ocean drilling program sulfur

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……

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Great Abyssal Diversity Among the Microscopic

Dr. M January 19, 2010 abyss donuts Microbe microbial operational taxonomic unit Organisms rare biosphere

An area the size of a coffee table on the deep-sea floor would yield hundreds of species. A few species would dominate with numbers in…

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Thriving In Extreme Conditions

Dr. M April 13, 2009 anoxic brine Gulf of Mexico Metabolism methane Microbe microbial National Science Foundation noxious oil and gas origins of life primordial seep Texas A&M University University of Georgia

…takes more than a Red Bull. You got to have the right metabolic pathways. NSF highlights the work of Samantha Joye of the University of…

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Deep-Sea Organisms Are Invading

Dr. M December 19, 2006 Bacteria Cephalopod Microbe Mollusca Octopus

In the first wave attack ordered by the Squid Overlords, deep-sea microbes will invade the air. As you already know the second wave attack will…

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