The Scientist : NewsBlog Print: Arsenic and old...photosynthesis?
The Scientist: NewsBlog:
Arsenic and old...photosynthesis?
[Entry posted at 14th August 2008 07:00 PM GMT]

A previously unknown form of photosynthesis discovered in purple bacteria scooped from a Californian hot spring may be an ancient process that arose before the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis, according to a paper published on Friday (August ...

 

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