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Kirstie Francis collects sponge samples from the Mohawk remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Sponge samples were stored in the ROV’s bioboxes for transport from the seafloor to the surface, where they are processed for chemistry, taxonomy, microbiology, DNA, and sponge cell culture.
