dismutation
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When microbes break down compounds this way, it’s called dismutation.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2023
The finding fills a crucial gap in our understanding of how the huge subterranean biosphere has evolved, and how dismutation contributes to the cycle of compounds moving through the global environment.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2023
If we someday find life on other worlds like those, it could be using dismutation pathways to survive.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2023
Jupiter’s moon Europa has a deep, frozen ocean; sunlight may not penetrate it, but oxygen could potentially be produced there by microbial dismutation instead of photosynthesis.
From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2023
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