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Cold-seep bacterial mat
Scanning electron micrograph of methanotrophic bacteria found at a cold-seep site. The cylindrical bacteria ‘feed’ on the methane present in the water column issuing from the seep.
Rights: Diversity and Distribution of Methanotrophic Archaea at Cold Seeps. Katrin Knittel, Tina Lösekann, Antje Boetius, Renate Kort & Rudolf Amann. doi: 10.1128/AEM.71.1.467-479.2005 Appl. Environ. Microbiol. January 2005 vol. 71 no. 1 467-479
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