phys.org/news/2026-11-arctic-ocean-bacteria-acetone-carbon.html A type of Arctic Ocean bacteria may be using acetone to turn carbon into food
Concordia researchers report genomic evidence that Porticoccus arcticus may use acetone carboxylation to incorporate carbon dioxide while also capturing light energy via proteorhodopsins. The bacterium reached up to 9% of detected bacteria at some sites in the Beaufort Sea, though warming Arctic implications remain unknown.