Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker
Monday, June 22, 2009 - 17:14
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to Penn State and University of Bristol, UK, researchers.
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