Hydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria found in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels

Wednesday, August 10, 2011 - 21:30 in Physics & Chemistry

While intensive research efforts have gone into developing ways to harness hydrogen energy to fuel our everyday lives, a natural example of a living hydrogen-powered 'fuel cell' has gone unnoticed. Researchers have now discovered hydrogen-powered symbiotic bacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussels.

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