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This bacteria can eat 'electricity' and lock away CO2
This bacteria can eat 'electricity' and lock away CO2

Global oceans absorb about 25% of the carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned. Electricity-eating bacteria known as photoferrotrophs could provide a boost to this essential process, according to new research from Washington University in St. Louis.

 

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by Talia Ogliore, WU in St. Louis

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