Station 2 | SOI Divestream 876

We are sampling off the coast of Uruguay, on the slope of continental shelf in the Atlantic Ocean. The objective of this dive is to marine sediments on the continental slope of South America to understand the ecology and evolution of Asgard Archaea. These are a group of microbes that are closest to eukaryotes (including plants and animals) on the tree of life. We will be diving to a site that is roughly ~1,000m from the ocean surface. We are going to be using this mud to obtain genomes, culture, and do physiological experiments on Asgard Archaea.

The science on this expedition is supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.

FKt251103 - Searching for the Asgards #AsgardArchaea

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