Membrane complex aids rock-eating microbes in converting carbon dioxide to biomass

So-called rock-eating microorganisms obtain their energy to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) from inorganic sources and make up the vast majority of biomass producers. Using electron microscopy and infrared spectroscopy, a research team from the universities of Potsdam and Marburg has investigated the structure of DAB2 in the sulfur bacterium Halothiobacillus neapolitanus. Their findings have been published in Nature Communications.

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