Archaea As Food Source Adds New Twist To Understanding Greenhouse Gas Cycles
Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 15:40
in Earth & Climate
Archaea, one of the three "domains of life" on Earth - the other two being bacteria and eukaryota (plants and animals) - strangely do not seem to be part of any food chain.But maybe they soon will be - and it just might help solve future climate change issues. Archaea, a type of single-celled microorganism, perform many key ecosystem services including being involved with nitrogen cycling, and they are known to be the main mechanism by which marine methane is kept out of the atmosphere. read more