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A Group of Sulfur Bacteria Live in a Hydrothermal Vent

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A group of sulfur bacteria live in a hydrothermal vent community at the bottom of the ocean, and obtain energy through chemosynthesis. A group of single-celled algae live far above them, in the open ocean, and obtain energy through photosynthesis. Briefly compare and contrast the mechanism by which the two groups of organisms survive. Consider their sources of energy and how they extract and transform that energy.


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