Meet Our Nitrogen Breathing Bacterial Relative

Oxygen is pretty great stuff, but this recently discovered organism couldnt care less about oxygen. It breathes nitrogen and may offer a window into how the types of cells in OUR bodies may have evolved billions of years ago. Go to to try their Computational Biology course. Sign up now and get 20 off an annual Premium subscription. Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Adam Brainard, Nazara, GrowingViolet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer, Alisa Sherbow Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet Facebook: Twitter: Tumblr: Instagram: Sources: Images: