A soil-dwelling microbe has shown a surprising ability to trap carbon dioxide and turn it into rock. Scientists have discovered that Bacillus megaterium, a common bacterium long known for its role ...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) and Bacillus megaterium bacteria were frozen at — 15°C using a freezer and a spray freezing method. The frozen Bacillus spores were also exposed to UV and free chlorine. An ...