FeMO3 Dive Cruise 2008
Studying Fe-Oxidizing Microbes on Loihi Seamount -- JASON2 on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson -- TN225

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Iron Oxidizers
The top diagram shows a bacterial cell leaving a trail of Iron oxide and organic material (probably similar to mucous). The lower diagram shows multiple cells on a branching trail of iron oxide. The lower type was visible through the microscope.

 
Photographer  Shawn Doan
Region  Hawaiian Islands
Location  Ula Nui, Loihi Seamount
JASON Dive  J2-367
JASON Event  Unknown
Latitude  Unknown
Longitude  Unknown
Elevation  Unknown
People  Clara Chan
Keywords  Hawaii, Submarine, Volcano, Biogeosciences, Iron-oxidizing microbes, FeMO2008, TN255, R/V Thomas G. Thompson
29 September 2008
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