New publication on bioenergetics-based prediction of microbial growth yields

In a new open access article published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, ERG group members Christina Smeaton and Philippe Van Cappellen derive and validate a new bioenergetics-based method to predict microbial growth yields. The new Gibbs Energy Dynamic Yield Method (GEDYM) can be easily integrated into models (e.g., reactive transport model) and represents a step forward in our ability to account for the role of energy on microbially-mediated reaction rates with the aim of improving the predictive capacity of biogeochemical models.