Discovery of Bacteria in Mines that Converts CO2 into Rock in Extreme Environments

Bacteria found deep in a mine shaft in South Dakota could accelerate the lithification of carbon dioxide under extreme conditions. Injecting such microorganisms underground with recovered carbon dioxide could potentially store greenhouse gases more durablely.

Gokce Ustunisk South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and their colleagues isolated different species of animals. Bacillus Bacteria have been discovered more than a kilometer below the surface in a former mine shaft in South Dakota's Black Hills. They are…