Nickel Isotope May Be Methane Producing Microbe Biomarker

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Wed, 06/24/2009 - 18:30

Nickel, an important trace nutrient for the single cell organisms that produce methane, may be a useful isotopic marker to pinpoint the past origins of these methanogenic microbes, according to researchers.


 

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