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Deep Waters Run Deeply Diverse

Caption: Researchers surveyed the microflora population at hydrothermal vent Marker 52 in the Pacific Ocean. This image relates to an article that appeared in Oct. 5, 2007, issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Julie A. Huber and colleagues at Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass., was titled "Microbial Population Structures in the Deep Marine Biosphere."

Credit: Image courtesy of NOAA Vents Program, NEMO Seafloor Observatory

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