Bold Traveler Micrograph

Caption: The rod-shaped D. audaxviator was recovered from thousands of liters of water collected deep in the Mponeng Mine in South Africa.

Credit: Micrograph by Greg Wanger, J. Craig Venter Institute, and Gordon Southam, University of Western Ontario, used with permission

Usage Restrictions: Only by permission of Greg Wanger and Gordon Southam

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