Tag Archives: photosynthesis

Oxygenic Photosynthesis

Using a new gene-analyzing technique, researchers from MIT and elsewhere have found that all extant species of cyanobacteria can be traced back to a common ancestor that evolved around 2.9 billion years ago. They’ve also found that the ancestors of cyanobacteria branched off from other bacteria around 3.4 billion years …

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Biologists Discover New Type of Microbial Photosynthesis

An international team of biologists led by Washington State University Professor Haluk Beyenal has discovered a new type of cooperative photosynthesis that could be used in microbial communities for waste treatment and energy production. A false-color scanning electron micrograph of G. sulfurreducens-P. aestuarii co-culture. Scale bar – 5??m. Image credit: …

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