Cyanobacteria in gypsum (IMAGE)

University of California - Irvine

Cyanobacteria in gypsum

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Microorganisms (highlighted in green) colonize gypsum rock (highlighted in purple) to extract water from it. UCI and Johns Hopkins researchers ran lab experiments to understand the survival mechanisms of these cyanobacteria, confirming that they transform the material they occupy to an anhydrous state.

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David Kisailus / UCI

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