[HN Gopher] Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glass... ___________________________________________________________________ Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware Author : dnetesn Score : 39 points Date : 2020-07-16 10:56 UTC (12 hours ago) (HTM) web link (phys.org) (TXT) w3m dump (phys.org) | tastyfreeze wrote: | Cool! The manganese nodules part reminds me of gold excreting | bacteria bacteria. | | 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? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2020-07-16 23:00 UTC)