#riftia — Public Fediverse posts
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Giant deep-sea tubeworm #symbionts use 2 carbon fixation pathways to grow at record speeds
https://phys.org/news/2024-06-giant-deep-sea-vent-tubeworm.htmlJessica Mitchell et al.: Co-expression analysis reveals distinct alliances around two carbon fixation pathways in #hydrothermal vent symbionts https://www.nature.com/articles/s41564-024-01704-y
"#CarbonFixation is the process of converting #CarbonDioxide to sugars - the primary process that keeps our #biosphere running... In the #DeepSea, #Riftia's symbionts use energy from hydrogen sulfide to fix #carbon."