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These images are an assortment of marine microbes. The first 5 images are licensed by MBL and are provided courtesy of micro*scope, where additional images are available.
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A collection of marine microbes. The darkest ones are a very common filamentous form that at present have not been formerly identified in scientific literature. The large pink ovoid is a cell of Chromatium a purple sulphur bacterium, the green is a cyanobacterium. The curving structure at about 2 o'clock is a diatom (Nitzschia), which is a photosynthetic eukaryote. Photo credit: D. J. Patterson, L. Amaral-Zettler and V. Edgcomb. Courtesy of micro*scope.
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This is one of two photos showing cyanobacteria that are commonly found in the world's oceans. This filament was observed in sandy and muddy marine sediments in the vicinity of Broome, Western Australia.
Photo credit: S. Murray, M. Hoppenrath, J. Larsen, D. Patterson. Courtesy of micro*scope.
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Another example of cyanobacteria. This group of cells was observed in sandy and muddy marine sediments in the vicinity of Broome, Western Australia.
Photo credit: S. Murray, M. Hoppenrath, J. Larsen, D. Patterson. Courtesy of micro*scope.
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Diverse community of bacteria from a water sample. Photo credit: Bob Morris. Courtesy of micro*scope.
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Prochlorococcus marinus, a tiny globular cyanobacterium. This type of organism is extremely abundant in the tropical and warm temperate regions of the open oceans, and some scientists claim it is the most abundant organism on earth. It is responsible for as much as 50% of carbon fixation in the oceans.
This image is of material from Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Culture of Marine Phytoplankton. Image copyright: Bob Andersen and D. J. Patterson, under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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Marine microbes are so plentiful in this image that they resemble the number of stars in a "night sky." Photo credit: Jed Fuhrman, University of Southern California.
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Thioploca araucae. Thioploca was found in seven of eight samples but at very low concentrations. It is an example of an organism that was rare in the study's sampling area but which is more prevalent in the oxygen minimum zone. Photo Credit: Victor Gallardo, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile and Carola Espinoza, Center COPAS, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile, 2006.
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Another example of Thioploca araucae. Photo Credit: Victor Gallardo, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile and Carola Espinoza, Center COPAS, Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile, 2006 2006.
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