Suakin Deep (IMAGE)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Suakin Deep

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A rich community of previously undescribed microbes exists in the transition layer between the deep water of the Red Sea and the surface of brine pools, such as that pictured above discovered during the Five Deeps Expedition.

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