"Life in a Microbial World:
The Ecology of Microbes at Hydrothermal Vents"
Dr. Peter Girguis

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  1. Introduction: Ambassador for Microbes: Uncultivated Microbes
  2. "Life in a Microbial World” (“Chalk Tower” Illustration)
  3. “Seafloor Plate Tectonics: Is It Real?”
  4. Underwater Chimneys and Black Smokers
  5. Tubeworms and Diversity of Species Thriving at Hydrothermal Vents
  6. All Vent Animals are Symbiotic with Chemoautrophic Bacteria
  7. Primary Productivity. What We See From Symbiotic Associations?
  8. Biomass: One Meter Square Area on a Hydrothermal Vent Chimney
  9. “Smoke and Mirrors” Tower
  10. "Vent Microbial Incubator”: Extreme Temperature Gradients
  11. What is the Highest Temperature at which Life Can Be Found?
  12. Summary: Microbes Keep Our Planet Alive
  13. Audience Questions