Energy from thin air

Don A. Cowan () and Thulani P. Makhalanyane

Nature, 2017, vol. 552, issue 7685, 336-337

Abstract: Advanced genomic-analysis techniques now suggest that microbial communities in cold, nutrient-poor Antarctic soils can acquire their energy from the oxidation of trace gases, rather than by photosynthesis.

Keywords: Microbiology; Metabolism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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