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Giant deep-sea vent tubeworm symbionts use two carbon fixation pathways to grow at record speeds
In the deep sea, beyond the reach of sunlight but where volcanically superheated water is gushing through hydrothermal vents, Riftia pachyptila's chemoautotrophic symbionts use energy from ...
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Researchers Come Across an Unexpected Animal Ecosystem Thriving Under the Seafloor
New discovery of a fragile ecosystem beneath undersea volcano leaves researchers baffled. They fear it may be vulnerable to ...