Tag: Poison

The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, has discovered how a methane-producing bacteria can live on poisonous sulfite without becoming poisoned. Methanogens are microscopic organisms that produce methane in an oxygen-depleted environment. How Enzyme Can Make Food From Poison? Its methane production, such as in ruminant digestive systems, has a substantial impact on the global carbon cycle since methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas. The study's subjects are two marine heat-loving methanogens: Methanothermococcus thermolithotrophicus (which thrives in geothermally heated sediments at roughly 65 °C) and Methanocaldococcus jannaschii (which favors...