U.S. deep-sea submersible ALVIN in the deep-sea at the Guaymas Basin (IMAGE)

MARUM - Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

U.S. deep-sea submersible ALVIN in the deep-sea at the Guaymas Basin

Caption

In the spotlight of the U.S. deep-sea submersible ALVIN, a small reddish-brown vent massif can be seen on the seafloor of the Guaymas Basin. This formation is surrounded by abundant hydrothermally heated oil-rich sediments covered by white and orange bacterial mats. The core from which the Candidatus Alkanophaga archaea ultimately originated was collected by the team of the manned deep-sea submersible. Photo: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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