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Microbes Feast on Oil

An epifluorescence microphotograph of a bacterial community feasting on an oil...
a colored micrograph of microbes
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Silicibacter

This Silicibacter is a type of marine bacteria that lives on a specific host...
a grain of sand with microbes highlighted in green
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Microbial Life on a Grain of Sand

This image shows the microbial colonization of a sand grain. The grain’s surface...
a close up of bacteria
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Vibrio

Vibrio, a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that live in the ocean. ...
purple bacteria
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Cholera

Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae bacteria. ...
A zoomed in photograph of dyed animal cells.
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Meet Microsporidia, a Marine Microbe Related to Mushrooms

When you think of fungi, you might imagine mushrooms dotting a forest floor or mold...
September 2021
a string of cyanobacteria
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Cyanobacteria

This blue-green microbe called a cyanobacterium was likely the first photosynthetic...
glowing dots indicate viruses
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Glowing Phages

A sample of cyanophages glow from a stain in this magnified image. ...
a single celled organism
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Tiny Ciliate

This Blepharisma japonicum is a single-celled protist called a ciliate, a...
Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

Dr. Karen Bice studies the foraminifera in ocean sediment to better understand...
Fri, 03/26/2010 - 12:01
A spiraled diatom with spines.
slideshow

The Ocean Under the Microscope: Images from Nikon Small World

The ocean is so big that it can be easy to forget the microscopic beauty of the...
Wed, 04/30/2014 - 10:34
Small red hyperiid.
slideshow

The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea

Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly...
Tue, 08/19/2014 - 10:47

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