Closer look at microorganism provides insight on carbon cycling
Thursday, July 16, 2015 - 06:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Some of the world's tiniest organisms may have a large impact on climate change. Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Tennessee found that microorganisms called archaea living in marine sediments use completely novel enzymes to break down organic matter into carbon dioxide.