Scientists discover unusual new bacteria in deep-sea coral
Marine biologists found the new bacteria in the tissue of two soft coral species that live in complete darkness in the Gulf ...
World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale
At 111 feet wide, 104 feet long, 18 feet high, and 600 feet around this stunning organism in the southwest Pacific Ocean is ...
World’s largest coral found in the Pacific
HONG KONG — For at least three centuries, it grew in secret on the seabed of the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Now, the largest ...
Chlorine and cocoa butter may help disease-ridden corals
SCTLD is a highly lethal disease in corals that was first spotted in 2014. According to NOAA, it affects over 20 coral ...
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Bigger than blue whale: World’s largest coral is so huge it’s visible from space
In a stunning discovery, the world’s largest coral has been found thriving in the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific ...
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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovered
T here are some seriously strange lifeforms lurking in the depths of our oceans – ghost sharks and upside-down isopods, ...
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Deep-sea corals are home to previously unknown bacteria with extremely small genomes
A research team has discovered two remarkable species of bacteria in the tissue of two deep-sea corals from the Gulf of Mexico. These previously unknown symbionts of the corals have an extremely small ...
Scientists discover world's largest coral in Solomon Islands, spanning over 34 meters
Researchers have discovered the world's largest coral colony in the southwest Pacific Ocean, in the waters of the Solomon ...
Highly Unusual New Species of Bacteria Discovered in the Dark Depths of the Ocean
Microbes unable to break down carbohydrates belong to a newly identified family of marine bacteria. A German-American ...
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World’s largest coral discovered and it’s longer than a blue whale
with over 490 known hard and soft coral species. A group of scientists working aboard a research vessel in the southwest Pacific Ocean has discovered the world’s largest coral in the Solomon ...
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Two New Deep Ocean Coral-Dwelling Bacteria Species With Incredibly Tiny Genomes Discovered
The team stumbled upon them while studying colonies of the soft coral species Callogorgia delta and Callogorgia Americana, which exist at depths ranging from 300 to 900 meters (984 to 2,953 feet ...