New species of metal-eating plant discovered in the Philippines
Friday, May 9, 2014 - 18:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have discovered a new plant species with an unusual lifestyle -- it eats nickel for a living -- accumulating up to 18,000 ppm of the metal in its leaves without itself being poisoned, says the lead author of a new report. Such an amount is a hundred to a thousand times higher than in most other plants.