Since the industrial revolution, the rapid growth and development of global industries have
depended largely upon the utilization of coal-derived chemicals, and more recently, the …

The acquisition of cellular carbon from inorganic carbon is a prerequisite for life and marked
the transition from the inorganic to the organic world. Recent theories of the origins of life …

Archaea of the phylum Thaumarchaeota are among the most abundant prokaryotes on Earth
and are widely distributed in marine, terrestrial, and geothermal environments. All studied …

Ammonia-oxidizing archaea are ubiquitous in marine and terrestrial environments and now
thought to be significant contributors to carbon and nitrogen cycling. The isolation of …

Organisms capable of autotrophic metabolism assimilate inorganic carbon into organic
carbon. They form an integral part of ecosystems by making an otherwise unavailable form …

Carbon fixation is the process by which CO2 is incorporated into organic compounds. In
modern agriculture in which water, light, and nutrients can be abundant, carbon fixation …

The assimilation of carbon dioxide (CO2) into organic material is quantitatively the most
important biosynthetic process. We discovered that an autotrophic member of the archaeal …

An increasing focus on environmental sustainability has led to an ongoing global effort to
better understand and engineer platform organisms that economically convert CO 2 and …

Many bacteria in the environment have adapted to the presence of toxic heavy metals. Over
the last 30 years, this heavy metal tolerance was the subject of extensive research. The …

Ignicoccus hospitalis is an anaerobic, autotrophic, hyperthermophilic Archaeum that serves
as a host for the symbiotic/parasitic Archaeum Nanoarchaeum equitans. It uses a yet …