Loki's Castle (IMAGE)

Uppsala University

Loki's Castle

Caption

Image of a hydrothermal vent field along the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, close to where 'Loki' was found in marine sediments. The hydrothermal vent system was discovered by researchers from the Centre for Geobiology at University of Bergen (Norway).

Credit

Centre for Geobiology (University of Bergen, Norway) by R.B. Pedersen.

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May be published in connection to reports about the study 'Complex archaea that bridge the gap between prokaryotes and eukaryotes' .

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