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News Release 14-059

Octillions of microbes in the seas: Ocean microbes show incredible genetic diversity

In a few drops of seawater, one species, hundreds of subpopulations

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Artist's interpretation of Prochlorococcus diversity in a drop of seawater

Artist's interpretation of Prochlorococcus diversity in a drop of seawater.

Credit: Carly Sanker, MIT


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Prochlorococcus in freeform, an artist's rendering of microbes in the ocean.

Prochlorococcus in freeform, an artist's rendering of microbes in the ocean.

Credit: Carly Sanker, MIT


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research vessel in the ocean

Marine ecologists take to the high seas to collect water samples loaded with ocean microbes.

Credit: Paul Berube, MIT


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equipment on ship for retrieving samples of ocean water for shipboard

Preparing to retrieve samples of ocean water for shipboard and later shore-based analysis.

Credit: Paul Berube, MIT


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instruments descending into ocean waters.

Down to the deep blue sea: Instruments descend into ocean waters.

Credit: Paul Berube, MIT


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Scanning electron micrograph of the marine microbe Prochlorococcus.

Scanning electron micrograph of the marine microbe Prochlorococcus.

Credit: Anne Thompson, MIT


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