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a colored micrograph of microbes
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Silicibacter

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a grain of sand with microbes highlighted in green
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Microbial Life on a Grain of Sand

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a close up of bacteria
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Vibrio

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purple bacteria
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Cholera

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a large salmon colored orb with tiny fluorescent green and blue orbs covering it
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Microbes Feast on Oil

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glowing dots indicate viruses
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Glowing Phages

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a single celled organism
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Tiny Ciliate

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a string of cyanobacteria
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Cyanobacteria

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Screenshot from video showing a close-up image of a plankton.
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The Secret Life of Plankton

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Life After Whale (On Whale Falls)

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Smithsonian Paleobiologist Brian Huber

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Screenshot from video showing tiny foraminifera.
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Foraminifera on the Seafloor

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