Microbes serve as a source for numerous enzymes with wide industrial applications (Demain 2000).
We discovered that Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) and tomato (Lycopersicum esculentum) are able to take up non-pathogenic E. coli and S. cerevisiae into root cells, digest and use these microbes as a nutrient source.
Our experiments show that in the absence of pathogenic or symbiotic relationships, plants coordinated the entry of E. coli and yeast into root cells with an apparent expenditure of energy that is most likely justified by the benefit of using microbes as a nutrient source.
As the minerals in these rocks incorporate H2O molecules into their crystal structure, they release hydrogen - a byproduct that can be used by some microbes as an energy source to drive their metabolism.
Additionally, as PS are readily degraded by soil microbes as a carbon and/or nitrogen source, the diurnal pattern of PS release may help reduce the degree of PS loss by microbial populations in the rhizosphere (Römheld and Marschner 1990).
Described as gas fermentation technology, LanzaTech's microbe uses waste gas as a source of carbon.
This review throws light on the promising and growing awareness of using marine microbes as PHB source, along with their applications in different fields of aquaculture, medicine, antifouling and tissue engineering.
Tea is widely used throughout the world and has considerable applications including activity against oxidative stress, inflammation, microbes, viral infections and cancer as well as being a source of nutrients such as minerals and vitamins [ 13, 15, 17].
The pineapple leaves served as substrate (bulking material) and the chicken manure slurry was used as a source of water, microbes and nutrients.
The microbes use the hydrogen for fuel and the methane as a source of carbon, making them completely independent of the photosynthetic microbes and plants living at the Earth's surface.
