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Go to http://www.squarespace.com/microcosmos to get a free trial and 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. There’s a few things that give Beggiatoa away. The first is the simple serpentine shape of their bodies, and the second are those little dots inside of them. They look like bubbles, but they’re actually sulfur granules. Follow Journey to the Microcosmos: Twitter: https://twitter.com/journeytomicro Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JourneyToMicro Shop The Microcosmos: https://www.microcosmos.store Support the Microcosmos: http://www.patreon.com/journeytomicro More from Jam’s Germs: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jam_and_germs YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn4UedbiTeN96izf-CxEPbg Hosted by Matthew Gaydos Music by Andrew Huang: https://www.youtube.com/andrewhuang Journey to the Microcosmos is a Complexly production. Find out more at https://www.complexly.com SOURCES: https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Beggiatoa https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1/5442/31762100145174.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y https://academic.oup.com/femsre/article/36/2/364/565076 This video has been dubbed using an artificial voice via https://aloud.area120.google.com to increase accessibility. You can change the audio track language in the Settings menu.