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Sediment-Collecting Mud Snapper
Caption:
The mud snapper is a sediment-collecting device that collects samples of mud from the ocean floor at depths as far as 3600 feet. The device is tethered to a stainless steel cable and can be dropped from a small boat. When the sampler reaches the bottom, the jaw trips and a sample of the bottom sediment is collected. A strong fishing reel retrieves the snapper and the contents are then studied using several newly devised microbiological methods. With the aid of the Mud Snapper, a new genus of bacteria was recently discovered -- the Salinospora, a major new source for the discovery of new antibiotics.
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| Credit: |
Credit William Fenical |
| Decade of Image: |
1990 - 1999 |
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Categories:
OCEAN SCIENCE / General
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Restrictions:
No additional restrictions--beyond NSF's general restrictions--have been placed on this image. For a list of general restrictions that apply to this and all images in the NSF Image Library, see the section "Conditions".
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