Long lasting non-cellular reactions in sterile soils recapitulate most of the intermediates of the Krebs cycle
Clémentin Bouquet, Mounir Traı̈kia, Fanny Pérrière, Benoit Kéraval, Gaël Alvarez, Loïc Louis, Martin Leremboure, Guillaume Voyard, Sébastien Fontaine, Anne‐Catherine Lehours
The paper shows that sterile soils can generate Krebs cycle intermediates from glucose and citrate over 6 months, suggesting non-cellular metabolic activity in modern ecosystems.
bioRxiv · Jul 30, 2025 · PreprintBiochemistry