Research discovers protein that determines spiral shape of bacteria
coli, there are numerous curved and even spiral-shaped bacteria. Curvature is crucial ... has provided new insights into the ...
Rubisco mapping study finds potential to engineer faster, more efficient photosynthesis
Researchers around the world are working on new technologies to capture carbon from the atmosphere, but many approaches fall short on one key metric: their ability to scale. Nature, however, has ...
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Photosynthetic Mechanisms in Purple Bacteria
Bacteriochlorophyll (BChl): A type of chlorophyll found in certain bacteria that is involved in the photosynthetic process. This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of 30,000 created ...
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‘Very important step’: Chinese scientists turn E coli into a photosynthetic life form
It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...
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Enlisting photosynthetic microbes to achieve a carbon-neutral world
At the heart of its solution lies very special microbes — photosynthetic, gram-negative, purple bacteria, such as Rhodovulum sulfidophilum — which have the ability to pull both carbon and ...