Sulfur-Sipper
Evo 1MicrobeMakes own foodFloor / DepthsA microbial mat that harvests energy from sulfur compounds welling up at the vents.
chemosyntheticmat-forming1 cm
- Size
- 1 cm
- Diet
- chemosynthesis
- Habitat
- sulfur vents
- Moves by
- sessile
A volcanic basin under a smoke-dimmed sky and Earth-like gravity. Sulfur vents and scalding mineral pools dot fields of cooled basalt; the air is thin and acrid, and heat from below β not sunlight β drives much of life here.
A microbial mat that harvests energy from sulfur compounds welling up at the vents.
You choose the situation, not the result. Selection acts on Sulfur-Sipper; the descendant appears above.
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Mate Sulfur-Sipper with another branch of the same lineage to make a hybrid.