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Thermophile bacteria

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Field Notes

Description:

Orange bacteria mat in Yellowstone hot springs

Habitat:

Hot springs, Thermal vents

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Comments (5)
Sckel
I like the extremophiles.
William_Dembowski
Great image. Please consider adding it to my mission "Microscopic Life" http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/10165081
Steven Sheppard
By all means, use it! Yellowstone is beautiful, I love it there!
FlanaganLife
Hi SFShep. I just created a mission called "Single-Celled Yellowstone" and this spotting was the best I could find as a representative picture. I hope that's OK. If not, let me know and I'll take it down. Nice shot, by the way! I can't wait to go to Yellowstone myself!

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Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
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Microscopic Life
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Single-Celled Yellowstone
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2012

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