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What type of organism would live in deep sea vents, harness chemical energy spewing out of the vents to make sugar and be the beginning of the food web in deep sea ecosystems?.
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What type of organism would live in deep sea vents, harness chemical energy spewing out of the vents to make sugar and be the beginning of the food web in deep sea ecosystems?.

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Symbiotic bacteria

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Symbiotic bacteria live in the mussels' gills. Like the microbes living inside tubeworms, these bacteria use energy from chemicals in the vent fluids to produce sugars.

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