Microbe processes carbon via new metabolic pathway
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 05:20
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Dead Sea microbe has been found to use a previously unknown metabolic pathway to metabolize fats as a source of carbon to synthesize carbohydrates. This suggests there may be other undiscovered pathways and more ways to live in extreme habitats than previously believed.