Jason Sylvan (Microbiologist, University of Southern California, USA), Virginia Edgcomb (Microbiologist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA), Benoit Ildefonse (Structural Geologist, University Montpellier II, France), and Christopher MacLeod (Co-Chief Scientist, Cardiff University, UK) take a microbiology sample from the core before it is processed. (Credit: Alejandra Martinez & IODP) [Photo ID: exp360_101]