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Deep-sea animals "eat" oil
Jun 20, 2017
Scientists from Germany and the USA have discovered deep-sea animals living in symbiosis with bacteria that use oil as an energy source
![The robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-Quest is shown collecting Cycloclasticus-bearing mussels and oil-rich asphalts at a site of active gas emission in 3000 meters water depth. (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Universit The robotic arm of the remotely operated vehicle MARUM-Quest is shown collecting Cycloclasticus-bearing mussels and oil-rich asphalts at a site of active gas emission in 3000 meters water depth. (MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, Universit](../Binaries/Binary14252/PM-Rubin-Blum-Fig1-web.400.jpg)