Fig. 2From: Accessing the energy-limited and sparsely populated deep biosphere: achievements and ongoing challenges of available technologiesModified from Morono et al. (2009)Cell abundance plot for the samples obtained from offshore Shimokita Peninsula. Increased deviation of observed cell abundance was found between counts conducted without (gray) and with (red) SYBR-DiCE method along the depth of subseafloor sediments.Back to article page