News tagged with methanogenic bacteria

Could life survive on Mars? Yes, microbiologist says

Researchers at McGill's department of natural resources, the National Research Council of Canada, the University of Toronto and the SETI Institute have discovered that methane-eating bacteria survive in a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Rampant helper syndrome: Methane-producing molecule can also repair DNA

The Archaea are single-celled organisms and a domain unto themselves, quite apart from the so called eukaryotes, being bacteria and higher organisms. Many species live under extreme conditions, and carry out unique biochemical ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Researchers map minority microbes in the colon

They make up less than one-hundredth of 1 percent of the microbes that live in the colon, but the bacteria and archaea that sop up hydrogen in the gut are fundamental to colon health. In a new study, researchers take a first ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Team makes discoveries about major event in history of complex life

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists led by Montana State University has discovered the "when" of a major event that led to the evolution of complex life on Earth.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microscopic solutions to world's biggest problems

World class scientist professor Willy Verstraete will explain on Monday how he and his team are using bacteria to produce energy, degrade waste, clean water and kill viruses. Today we are faced with seemingly insurmountable ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Geologists revisit the Great Oxygenation Event

In "The Sign of the Four" Sherlock Holmes tells Watson he has written a monograph on 140 forms of cigar-, cigarette-, and pipe-tobacco, "with colored plates illustrating the difference in the ash." He finds ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Microbe power as a green means to hydrogen production

Scientists have been hard at work harnessing the power of microbes as an attractive source of clean energy. Now, Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University researcher Dr. Prathap Parameswaran and his ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Looking for signs of early life

(PhysOrg.com) -- Deciphering the very early history of life on Earth is difficult. In the darkest recesses of the first billion years there are no 'body' fossils - no physical remains. Instead, scientists ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Nickel isotope may be methane producing microbe biomarker

Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to Penn State and University of ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows

The benefits to animals of omega 3 fatty acids in fish oils have been well documented - helping the heart and circulatory system, improving meat quality and reducing methane emissions.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Microbes turn electricity directly to methane

(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Coenzyme rare to bacteria critical to Mycobacterium tuberculosis survival

Coenzyme F420, a small molecule that helps certain enzymes transfer electrons, is found in microorganisms known as methane-producing archaea, some of which thrive in extreme environments. It also helps the bacterium that ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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