Working at depth (IMAGE)

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Working at depth

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At depth, the team utilized modified push cores, or injector cores, to infuse a portion of the samples with a preservative (visible with red dye). These were then brought to the surface for gene-expression analyses to determine their metabolic pathways.

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Ocean Exploration Trust, NOAA Ocean Exploration, and NASA

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