Shipboard photo of the MRE that was recovered from Anona. The round disks installed in the holes are the exposure surfaces, which are completely covered in biofilms and corrosion products after incubating on the seafloor for five years.
Microbial Recruitment Experiment
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Shipboard photo of the MRE that was recovered from Anona. The round disks installed in the holes are the exposure surfaces, which are completely covered in biofilms and corrosion products after incubating on the seafloor for five years.

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