Microbial solutions must be deployed against climate catastrophe
Raquel S. Peixoto, Christian R. Voolstra, Lisa Y. Stein, Philip Hugenholtz, Joana Falcão Salles, Shady A. Amin, Max M. Häggblom, Ann Gregory, Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Fengping Wang, Nadège Adoukè Agbodjato, Yinzhao Wang, Nianzhi Jiao, Jay T. Lennon, António Ventosa, Patrik M. Bavoil, Virginia L. Miller, Jack A. Gilbert
Abstract
Injecting H2 in deep underground to store this energy carrier will produce artificial subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems that modify the taxonomic diversity of indigenous microbial communities and their metabolic activities.
Topics & Concepts
BiologyEcosystemEcologyIndigenousExtreme environmentMicrobial ecologyBacteriaPaleontologyMethane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics