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English: Thermophile bacteria isolated from deep-sea vent fluids. This organism eats sulfur and hydrogen and fixes its own carbon from carbon dioxide. Scanning electron micrograph.
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Author Mark Amend - NOAA Photo Library

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Thermophile bacteria from deep-sea vent. This organism eats sulfur and hydrogen and fixes its own carbon from carbon dioxide.

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