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Mining a methane-degrading bioreactor for protein rubies

Scientists have found a new type of iron-storing protein in a mixture of microbes containing methane-degraders. This discovery underscores the importance of characterizing proteins from microbes that cannot be isolated, thereby enabling the discovery of new enzymes for future applications. The paper...

Mining a methane-degrading bioreactor for protein rubies
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Scientists have found a new type of iron-storing protein in a mixture of microbes containing methane-degraders. This discovery underscores the importance of characterizing proteins from microbes that cannot be isolated, thereby enabling the discovery of new enzymes for future applications. The paper is published in the journal Communications Biology.

Originally published at Phys.org

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