How #microbes help detoxify the #atmosphere: Study provides atomic-level insights

#pollution #bioremediation #carbon_monoxide #CO #CO_dehydrogenase #quinone

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-microbes-detoxify-atmosphere-atomic-insights.html

If while wandering around the #forest (middle latitudes) you have found rotting wood with a green-blue color...it is #wood affected by the #fungus of the genus #Chlorociboria.This color has nothing to do with copper oxides. This green-blue color is given by #xylindein, a substance of the #quinone group, which is unique to this genus of fungus.

Photo by Linas Žvaliauskas (green-blue mushrooms)

Photo by Jurga Motiejūnaitė (green-blue wood)
#mycology #biology #science #mushroom #fungi