Bacteria Make Gold Nuggets : Discovery News
Science • September 2010 • Views: 478
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Bacteria Make Gold Nuggets
The finding could help prospectors use biosensors to zero-in on where clumps of the precious metal may lie.
THE GIST
For the first time microbes have been shown to tinker with gold deposits.
Bacterial biofilms dissolve gold, which makes it available for re-depositing in purer form elsewhere.
The bacteria have been identified and so someday hand-held biosensors may help in gold prospecting.