Dr. Or M. BialikShort version: Microb turns piss into limestone.
Longer: At very high levels of CO2, carbonic anhydrase is activated in B. megaterium during urea breakdown, leading to #mineralization of #CO2 into calcium carbonate.
Might be important for lithification (the process that turns sediment into #rock ).
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-07323-9
Longer: At very high levels of CO2, carbonic anhydrase is activated in B. megaterium during urea breakdown, leading to #mineralization of #CO2 into calcium carbonate.
Might be important for lithification (the process that turns sediment into #rock ).
Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-07323-9
