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News Release 13-078
'Dark Oxidants' Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils
New findings overturn understanding of light-dependent environmental oxidants
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Superoxide-producing bacteria live in dark places like the depths of Elkhorn Slough, Calif.
Credit: Scott Wankel, WHOI
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Dyes are added to colonies of superoxide-producing bacteria growing on laboratory plates.
Credit: Tong Zhang, WHOI
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Bacteria that make superoxide are grown in flasks filled with seawater from ocean depths.
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Superoxide produced by millions of bacteria is measured by laboratory instruments.
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Close-up image of a colony of bacteria shows a dye that that binds only to oxidants.
Credit: Tong Zhang, WHOI
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The researchers' results are described in the May 3rd issue of the journal Science.
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