Microbial Mat (IMAGE)

Penn State

Microbial Mat

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A microbial mat above a methane seep in the Eel River Basin, Calif. This methane seep is being cored to obtain sediment from the seep. The sediment used in our experiments was sampled in this manner.

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Emily Beal, Penn State

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