This bacterium gets paid in gold: Harvesting solar fuels through a bacterium's unusual appetite for gold
Date | 9th, Oct 2018 |
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Source | ScienceDaily - General News Websites |
DESCRIPTION
Scientists have placed light-absorbing gold nanoclusters inside a bacterium, creating a biohybrid system that produces a higher yield of chemical products, such as biofuels, than previously demonstrated. The biohybrid captures sunlight and carbon dioxide to make chemicals useful not only on Earth but also in the exotic environment of space.