Deep below the surface in coastal sediments, microorganisms use conductive particles as tiny natural "wires" to exchange electrons. This enables them to convert organic carbon into methane in a way ...

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Researchers uncovered a microbe that treats one stop codon as both a termination signal and an amino-acid instruction, revealing surprising genetic flexibility that may inspire new ways to influence ...

Methane-producing archaea from the species Methanosarcina acetivorans. The microbes are stained with a fluorescent dye that specifically binds to the membranes of archaea. The beauty of the DNA code ...

This study reveals a novel mechanism of glutamine synthetase (GS) regulation in Methanosarcina mazei, demonstrating that 2-oxoglutarate (2-OG) directly promotes GS activity by stabilizing its ...

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Photo: Submitted Dr. Dan Lessner, professor, Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas The Arkansas Integrative Metabolic Research Center will host Dan Lessner, professor of biological sciences at ...

Anoxic environments, such as aquatic sediments, require microorganisms to reduce electron acceptors other than oxygen for their respiration processes. The classical anaerobic respiration order in ...

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