Filtering by Subject: Organic Chemistry
Published: 2017-12-15
Subjects: Biogeochemistry, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Organic Chemistry, Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Archaea and Bacteria that inhabit the deep subsurface (known as the deep biosphere) play a prevalent role in the recycling of sedimentary organic carbon. In such environments, this process can occur over millions of years and requires microbial communities to cope with extremely limited sources of energy. Because of this scarcity, metabolic processes come at a high energetic cost, but the ways [...]