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University of Vienna

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Here the Loki Archaeota were discovered: on the seabed at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge near the hydrothermal vents Loki's Castle.

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Copyright: Centre for Geobiology, Bergen, Norway, by R.B. Pedersen

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