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Samples collected in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents are incubated at 90degrees Celsius (195 F), almost boiling temperature, in an attempt to growmicrobes associated with the diverse hydrothermal vent environment

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Description

Samples collected in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents are incubated at 90degrees Celsius (195 F), almost boiling temperature, in an attempt to growmicrobes associated with the diverse hydrothermal vent environment.

Credit

NOAA Vents Program, Submarine Ring of Fire 2006 Expedition

Location

Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space