What microbiology may look like in a little corner of a small storage room on a large ship. Seawater obtained from Niskin bottles were collected in 10-liter carboys, transferred to this workstation, and pumped through filters using a peristaltic pump. The filters containing microbial cells were immediately frozen and awaited transportation to Alaska for genetic sequencing.
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Image courtesy of the Mapping the Uncharted Diversity of Arctic Marine Microbes expedition. Download larger version (jpg, 2.1 MB).

What microbiology may look like in a little corner of a small storage room on a large ship. Seawater obtained from Niskin bottles were collected in 10-liter carboys, transferred to this workstation, and pumped through filters using a peristaltic pump. The filters containing microbial cells were immediately frozen and awaited transportation to Alaska for genetic sequencing.

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