“For example, nearly 100% of the rice consumed ... There are plenty of photosynthetic bacteria out there that can fix carbon, but only a handful can also fix nitrogen.” This ability allows ...

The mutants we discovered had CO 2 affinities outside the normal range for photosynthetic bacteria. Such affinities are more typical of plants or algae — organisms separated by billions of years ...

It is a common gut bacteria that never normally sees the light of day, but now Chinese scientists have engineered E coli so that it can harness sunlight like a plant. Incorporating a custom ...

Billions of tonnes of chlorophyll are made every year, on land and in the oceans, colouring the Earth and providing plants, algae and photosynthetic bacteria with the nanoscopic solar panels that ...