Marine oil snow (IMAGE)

Universitaet Stuttgart

Marine oil snow

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Microbial oil snow, see brown flake-like small structures, in microcosms with North Sea water. Microbial oil snow is a phenomenon in which microbial oil-degrading bacteria form solid aggregates in water. These aggregates look like snowflakes or snowballs, hence the name oil snow.

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Lu Lu

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