It is found that target genes responsible for atmospheric chemosynthesis were abundantly distributed in polar soils of the Antarctic, the Arctic and Tibetan Plateau in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas.
Chemosynthesis is the process through which bacteria or other living organisms derive energy from reactions involving inorganic chemicals typically in the absence of sunlight.
This process is also called carbon fixation, through which inorganic carbon is converted to organic compounds by living organisms and stored as a form of energy.
