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Hydrogen for dinner

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The vast array of bacterium–animal symbioses at deep-sea hydrothermal vents was thought to be fuelled by just two chemicals. A study of one such symbiosis in its environmental context reveals a third energy source. See Article p. 176

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Figure 1: In hot water.

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Figure 2: Hydrogen-consuming symbiosis.

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  1. Victoria J. Orphan is in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.,

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  2. Tori M. Hoehler is at the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, USA.,

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