Mechanism Discovered in Deep Ocean Production Of Methane
Aug.31, 2012 in
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redOrbit: While searching for new and more effective antibiotics, a team of biologists and chemists has stumbled upon the mechanism responsible for the deep ocean production of methane, a greenhouse gas that drives climate change. Researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Washington began their studies examining microbes’ production of phosphonates that these tiny creatures use to disrupt bacteria and other microscopic organisms by mimicking nutrients. After being taken in by these…
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