Scientists study toxic-cleaning bacteria
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 12:56
in Biology & Nature
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 17 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say an international team of researchers has discovered how some soil bacteria "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form.
Read the whole article on UPI
More from UPI
Related
- Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metalsMon, 16 Mar 2009, 15:44:03 EDT
- UT Knoxville and ORNL researchers reveal key to how bacteria clear mercury pollutionThu, 1 Oct 2009, 12:10:44 EDT
- MU researcher uses bacteria to make radioactive metals inertTue, 8 Sep 2009, 16:16:34 EDT
- Researchers discover how infectious bacteria can switch speciesThu, 9 Oct 2008, 9:57:44 EDT
- Bacteria from the deep can clean up heavy metalsThu, 4 Jun 2009, 20:42:57 EDT