[HN Gopher] Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glass...
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       Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware
        
       Author : dnetesn
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2020-07-16 10:56 UTC (12 hours ago)
        
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       | tastyfreeze wrote:
       | Cool! The manganese nodules part reminds me of gold excreting
       | bacteria bacteria.
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       | https://www.livescience.com/61804-bacteria-poops-gold.html
        
       | kanobo wrote:
       | I love unusual discoveries like this. Reminds me of watching the
       | Star Trek TNG episode about silicon-based lifeforms as a kid and
       | wishing real-life had more strange discoveries like that.
        
         | korethr wrote:
         | Was that the one that took over part of the ships systems,
         | calling the crew "Ugly bags of mostly water"?
        
       | donclark wrote:
       | Can this affect our mouth and gut bacteria?
        
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