Space for hydrogen

Jørgensen, Bo Barker

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Space for hydrogen

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Jørgensen, Bo Barker
Department of Biogeochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Max Planck Society;

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Jørgensen, B. B. (2001). Space for hydrogen. Nature, 412, 286-289.

Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0003-FD2E-E

Abstract

Mats of photosynthetic microorganisms known as cyanobacteria generate molecular hydrogen. If they were doing so earlier in Earth's history, the effect on the evolution of the atmosphere could have been profound.

Hydrogen is an ideal energy source, not only for an industrialized society but also for various common bacteria. In the anoxic world of soils and sediments, molecular hydrogen is generated by the bacterial degradation of organic material. The hydrogen is immediately recycled and supplies much of the reducing power required for the biological formation of vast amounts of methane and hydrogen sulphide.