Sentences with phrase «photosynthetic microorganisms»

Resume: Photosynthetic microorganisms represent a plentiful source of photoactive micro / nano structures.

Photosynthetic microorganisms represent a plentiful source of photoactive micro / nano structures.

These photosynthetic microorganisms grab CO2 from the atmosphere, and when death beckons, their carbon - rich bodies get buried in the depths.

In the open seas, heavy winds and deep waters lead to a high turnover in the water column, which prevents photosynthetic microorganisms like algae from converting sunlight into energy.

A photosynthetic microorganism was turned into fuel without having to die, be buried in sediment and cooked by eons of geologic processes into petroleum.

Not exact matches

Today, microbial mats only occupy marginal habitats, but in the Precambrian era these photosynthetic communities of microorganisms dominated the beds of seas and lakes.

These solar cells utilise the photosynthetic properties of microorganisms such as algae to convert light into electric current that can be used to provide electricity.

Of particular importance is when microorganisms with advanced photosynthetic metabolism first appeared, since molecular phylogenetics suggests that all three domains would have already appeared and significant evolution must have already taken place (Schopf, 2000 and Olson 2006).

Synthetic genomics may yield microorganisms with novel capabilities, photosynthetic organisms able to generate valuable products directly from CO2, biological systems that increase recovery rates of subsurface hydrocarbons, or advanced plant feedstocks.