Lukas VF Novak on Nostr: Genes identified that allow bacteria to thrive despite toxic heavy metal in soil ...
Genes identified that allow bacteria to thrive despite toxic heavy metal in soil https://phys.org/news/2024-03-genes-bacteria-toxic-heavy-metal.html
The evolutionary #genomics of adaptation to stress in wild #rhizobium #bacteria: Hanna Kehlet-Delgado et al. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311127121
"Some #soil bacteria can acquire sets of genes that enable them to pump the heavy metal #nickel out of their systems. This enables the bacteria to not only thrive in otherwise toxic #soils but help #plants grow there as well."
The evolutionary #genomics of adaptation to stress in wild #rhizobium #bacteria: Hanna Kehlet-Delgado et al. https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2311127121
"Some #soil bacteria can acquire sets of genes that enable them to pump the heavy metal #nickel out of their systems. This enables the bacteria to not only thrive in otherwise toxic #soils but help #plants grow there as well."