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A tiny piece of plastic photographed by a scanning electron micrograph.
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A Microbial Reef

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A large pink barrel sponge
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Barrel Sponge

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Methane-eating bacteria (also called methanotrophs) helped clean up the Gulf oil spill, such as Methylococcus capsulatus shown here.
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Oil Spill Methanotroph

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Searching for useful chemicals, ocean scientists grow bacteria associated with deep-sea coral on nutrient agar.
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Growing Bacteria from Corals

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A humpback whale breaching.
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Bacteria on Whale Skin Tell a Tale of Health and Sickness

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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The whitish spots on this fish are individual parasitic trematode worms.
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Marine Parasites: Crazy…and Really Cool!

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A tree that shows the different relationships between bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes.
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Marine Microbe Tree of Life

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Microscopic Hitchhiking

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Microbes and Climate

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What a Day for Ocean Microbes

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Microbes and the Marine Food Web

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