Monday, 1 October 2018

Microbial "spacesuits" help bacteria convert CO2 to useful chemicals

A diagram of the metal organic framework (MOF) structure (left) and how it interacts with bacteria ...

Bacteria have been found living in some pretty hostile environments, but they're not invincible. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have now developed "spacesuits" that wrap around bacteria to not only protect them from the elements, but turn them into biohybrids that capture carbon dioxide and turn it into useful chemicals.

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