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A tough diet for deep sea microbes

Nov 26, 2020
Our research in ECO magazine – Deep Sea Issue

Gunter Wegener and Fanni Aspetsberger describe our current research on anaerobic microbes that feed on natural gas and crude oil.

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Further information on the research of Gunter Wegener and the HGF MPG Bridging Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology can be found here:

Diving in the Gulf of Mexico: With the submersible ALVIN, the researchers from Bremen were able to reach the seafloor. There they used ALVIN's grab arm to collect sediment cores from the seabed. White-orange coloured microbial mats made of sulfur-oxidizin

New ethane-munching microbes discovered at hot vents

Muscheln an einem Ölaustritt im Golf von Mexiko. (© MARUM – Zentrum für Marine Umweltwissenschaften)

All-in-one: New microbe degrades oil to gas

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HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology

Youtube-Video: Lighting a lighter without oxygen – How deep-sea microbes live on natural gas

Video: Lighting a lighter without oxygen – How deep-sea microbes live on natural gas

Contact

Scientist

HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology

Dr. Gunter Wegener

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

1335

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-8670

Dr. Gunter Wegener

Head of Press & Communications

Dr. Fanni Aspetsberger

MPI for Marine Microbiology
Celsiusstr. 1
D-28359 Bremen
Germany

Room: 

1345

Phone: 

+49 421 2028-9470

Dr. Fanni Aspetsberger
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