🇨🇦 Marc Strous
@marcstrous.bsky.social
Canada Research Chair in Geomicrobiology. Fascinations include alkaline soda lakes and ancient groundwater.
Should also say i thougt all the other findings were interesting and convincing, nice work!
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Should also say i thougt all the other findings were interesting and convincing, nice work!
Also, although many current eukaryotes need a high ATP production rate to maintain their expanded genomes, FECA/LECA likely not yet needed that, as it's genome may still have been relatively small, like current Archaea and many current protists or fungi. Just my 2 cts
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Also, although many current eukaryotes need a high ATP production rate to maintain their expanded genomes, FECA/LECA likely not yet needed that, as it's genome may still have been relatively small, like current Archaea and many current protists or fungi. Just my 2 cts
@archaeal.bsky.social, I have reservations about the conclusions of this paper because of muddling kinetic and stoichiometric aspects. Yes micropcompartments can boost rates but that will never affect energy yields as suggested, so cannot compensate for not using O2.
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
@archaeal.bsky.social, I have reservations about the conclusions of this paper because of muddling kinetic and stoichiometric aspects. Yes micropcompartments can boost rates but that will never affect energy yields as suggested, so cannot compensate for not using O2.