Sentences with phrase «tube worms found»
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Biologists were surprised to discover that the ecosystems found on the ocean floor along these mid-ocean ridges, consisting of complex organisms like tube worms, clams, and crabs, were dependent for their food on thermophilic chemosynthetic bacteria, which produced organic compounds using the oxidation of inorganic molecules as an energy source, instead of sunlight.
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The discovery in 1977 of hydrothermal vent communities and giant tube worms emerges as one of the most exciting finds in recent years.