Microbes on whale fall (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Microbes on whale fall

Caption

Whale bones covered in a chemosynthetic microbial mat (yellow). New research suggests that wrinkle structures found in deepwater rocks could be remnants of ancient relatives of these microbial communities.

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Craig Smith/ NOAA

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