Novel bacterial proteins from the seafloor shine light on climate, astrobiology (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Novel bacterial proteins from the seafloor shine light on climate, astrobiology

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Methane clathrate (white, ice-like material) under a rock from the seafloor of the northern Gulf of Mexico. Deposits such as these demonstrate that methane and other gases cross the seafloor and enter the ocean.

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NOAA

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