US scientists discover 'energy microbe'
Posted Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:42pm AEST
A group of US scientists has made a discovery they say could prove important in finding alternative forms of energy.
The journal Science reports that scientists have found a microbe that converts light to energy, a process known as photosynthesis.
It has been discovered in the famous hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, in the American north-west.
They say that studying the bacterium could help produce stocks of fossil fuels.
- BBC