On the Potential for Bioenergy and Biofuels from Hydrothermal Vent Microbes
The discovery of deep-sea hydrothermal vents caused scientists to reconsider their notions about life in the deep sea. In these seemingly inhospitable environments, free-living microbes, as well as microbial-animal symbioses, thrive in the warm waters around vents. The biomass per unit area in this...
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The Oceanography Society
2012-03-01
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| Series: | Oceanography |
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| Online Access: | http://tos.org/oceanography/archive/25-1_girguis.pdf |