Researchers reveal how archaea toggle the nitrogen-uptake switch

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Source: J. Mills/Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

By tightly regulating nitrogen uptake, microorganisms avoid overeating nitrogen and thus wasting energy. Scientists now reveal how some methanogenic archaea manage to do so.

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