Prospecting for Antarctic Marine Microorganisms to Fix Carbon Dioxide in a Supercritical State (scCO₂)

• DOI: 10.20944/preprints202402.0036.v1
• Publication Date: 2024-02-02T08:26:52Z
• Authors: Diogo MItsuo Oliv...; Enrique Eduardo R...; Rita Maria de Bri...; Cláudio Augusto O...
• Keywords: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide; Prospecting

2023 was the hottest year ever recorded, global warming accelerates its rising, we witness a series of extreme weather events, more frequent and intense, climate refugees, infrastructure harmed, forests burning, “meteorological tsunamis”. We failed to meet main goals Kyoto protocol; are very close fail in meeting Paris agreement’s slowing goal. Greenhouse gases emissions at rise and, even if completely halt, temperatures would keep enhancing average. Carbon capture storage technologies being developed counterbalance these by removing such from atmosphere physically storing or transforming them into useful molecules for society. In this work prospect microorganisms that can serve as platform developing carbon technologies. process samples seabed Brainsfield Strait region, Antarctica, prospecting an organism capable fixing dioxide without light (chemoautotrophic bacterias) enduring conditions pressure (100 bar) under 100% supercritical state (scCO2), like those found oil deposits, where technology be particular use.