Certain bacteria produce tiny gold nuggets by digesting toxic metals

Certain bacteria produce tiny gold nuggets by digesting toxic metals

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High concentrations of heavy metals, like copper and gold, are toxic for most living creatures. This is not the case for the bacterium C. metallidurans, which has found a way to extract valuable trace elements from a compound of heavy metals without poisoning itself. One interesting side-effect: the formation of tiny gold nuggets.

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