Living at the Limits: Evidence for Microbial Eukaryotes Thriving under Pressure in Deep Anoxic, Hypersaline Habitats

Figure 5

Ciliate from the interface of Discovery brine covered with bacterial or archaeal ectosymbionts. This partnership, also found in hypersaline ciliates from solar salterns [90], may be a survival strategy for the two partners to thrive under high-salt conditions. Modified reprint from [89].