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Scientists Discover Hungry Bacteria That Can Chomp Metal – Gizmodo Australia
Bacteria, like any living organism, needs to eat, but scientists have discovered some strains are so hungry, they’ll take on metal as a snack too.
Bacteria, like any living organism, needs to eat, but scientists have discovered some strains are so hungry, theyll take on metal as a snack too.
Researchers at California Institute of Technology accidentally discovered the tiny metal monsters after conducting an unrelated experiment with manganese, a metal, and publishing their findings in Nature.
Professor Jared Leadbetter, the papers co-author, said he had left a glass coated in manganese in his office sink before leaving to work off-site f…
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