Nickel Isotope May Be Methane Producing Microbe Biomarker
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 19:21
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 researchers.
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