Bacteria And Algae Act As Biocatalysts For Deep-sea Raw Material Deposition
Thursday, June 4, 2009 - 11:21
in Earth & Climate
The sea floor is strewn with raw materials that could be very important in the future: Manganese and iron, but also rarer and more precious elements such as cobalt, copper, zinc and nickel, are present in great quantities in the form of deep-sea nodules and crusts.