RIKEN microbial library reveals hidden CO2-fixing life

Approximately 300 of the 6,700 microbial strains analyzed at the RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRC) in Tsukuba possess genes involved in CO2 fixation. RIKEN JCM staff collect and store microbial strains discovered and cultured by microbiologists from around the world, providing a unique resource for reproducing experiments and advancing microbiological research worldwide. “To be honest, this was the kind of research I’d been hoping someone else would take on,” says postdoctoral researcher Arisa Nishihara, whose team completed a two-year analysis process…