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These Bacteria Steal from Iron and Could Be Secretly Helping to Curb Climate Change

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Photopheratrophes Are a New Threat to the Environment

Scientist: Bacteria still exist to day. They're called photo pheritrophes and for decades, scientists thought they were pretty rare. A big reason why they care is the fact that these microbes are vacuuming up carbon dioxide as they photo synthesize. The study appears in the multi disciplinary journal of microbial ecology.

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