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Microbes

DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES

         What You See
        By Microscope
Sulfolobus acidocaldarius (Archaea)
A muddy hydrothermal pool contains Sulfolobus acidocaldarius miscroscopi view of Sulfollobus acidocaldarius
Spirolina (Cyanobacteria)
Spirolina can be found at Orange Spring Mound Spirolina -- long green filaments
Cream Streamers (Bacteria)
Fan shaped Cream Streamers in a runoff channel microscopic view of the streamers
Calothrix (Bacteria)
Redish brown deposits ina run off chanell signal the presence of Calothrix microscopiv view of Calothrix

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