Extremophile microbes survive only on energy from formate oxidation

Thursday, September 16, 2010 - 06:14 in Biology & Nature

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published in this week's issue of Nature reports the discovery of "extremophile" microbes living only on the energy produced by formate reactions in deep ocean vents.

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