image: Pictured are dominant bacteria at 1099-1219 m, SEM and acridine orange stain inset with distance from source. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Aug. 24, 2010, issue of Science Express, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Terry Hazen of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, Calif., and colleagues was titled, "Deep-Sea Oil Plume Enriches Psychrophilic Oil-Degrading Bacteria Causing Rapid Disappearance of Oil." view more
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