Un métabolisme insoupçonné

[Nick de Cusa]

Découverte de bactéries coupées du reste du monde depuis plus d'un million d'années et utilisant un type de métabolisme que personne n'aurait pu imaginer.

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Instead, the bacteria use the sulphur compounds as chemical catalysts to shuttle energy-bearing electrons from organic compounds in their icy prison to iron leached from bedrock surrounding the lake. The organic feedstock was probably sealed in the lake when the bacteria were locked in by the Taylor Glacier, while the iron comes from surrounding rock.

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn1696…ball-earth.html