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Microbes of Mono Lake island spring
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Paoha island is the largest of several islands in Mono Lake. There is a hotwater spring in the vicity of hot spring cove, and the outflow includes green mats and the water is locally or occasionally a strong red colo - caused by a bacterium believed to be Halobacterium. The spring flows into the very saline and alkaline Mono Lake. Image by Brett Leigh Dicks Image copyright: Brett Leigh Dicks, used under license to MBL (micro*scope).
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