Energy from thin air
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. http://www.nature.com/nature 2018-06-06 hj2018 Genetics
Published in: | Nature |
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Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64380 https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-07579-w |
Summary: | 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. http://www.nature.com/nature 2018-06-06 hj2018 Genetics |
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