Bacteria from a Coal Bed 2 Km below the Pacific Ocean Floor off Japan (IMAGE)

Terry Collins Assoc

Bacteria from a Coal Bed 2 Km below the Pacific Ocean Floor off Japan

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This is a species of Methanobacterium, which produces methane. Found in samples from a buried coal bed 2 km below the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of Japan, this specimen was retrieved during an Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (now the International Ocean Discovery Program) expedition aboard the Drilling Vessel Chikyu. Bar represents 10 μm (micrometers, or 0.0004 inch). A high-resolution version of this image is available. Contact images@jamstec.go.jp

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Hiroyuki Imachi (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)

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