What is it about?
Methane munching volcanic microbes need rare earth metals (lanthanides) to convert methanol into carbon dioxide
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Why is it important?
this was the first time that rare earth metals were shown to have a biological function
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based on this work more enzymes and microbes that need rare earth metals will be identified and discovered
Professor Mike Jetten
Microbiology Radboud University
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This page is a summary of: Rare earth metals are essential for methanotrophic life in volcanic mudpots, Environmental Microbiology, September 2013, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12249.
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