Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Colleen Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is a microbiologist and Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology at Harvard University who has studied hydrothermal vent ecosystems for over 20 years. As a graduate student, Cavanaugh was the first to propose that the giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila, obtains its food from bacteria living within its cells. In a process called chemosynthesis, these bacteria use the energy locked within reduced chemicals (e.g., hydrogen sulfide) to synthesize organic matter, allowing organisms such as the giant tube worm to exist on the ocean floor without sunlight."@en }
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- Colleen_Cavanaugh abstract "Colleen Cavanaugh, Ph.D., is a microbiologist and Edward C. Jeffrey Professor of Biology at Harvard University who has studied hydrothermal vent ecosystems for over 20 years. As a graduate student, Cavanaugh was the first to propose that the giant tube worm, Riftia pachyptila, obtains its food from bacteria living within its cells. In a process called chemosynthesis, these bacteria use the energy locked within reduced chemicals (e.g., hydrogen sulfide) to synthesize organic matter, allowing organisms such as the giant tube worm to exist on the ocean floor without sunlight.".