Microscope reveals how bacteria breathe toxic metals
Date: 7.4.2010
Researchers are studying some common **soil bacteria** that “inhale” **toxic metals** and “exhale” them in a non-toxic form.
The bacteria might one day be used to clean up toxic chemicals left over from **nuclear weapons** production decades ago.
Using a unique combination of **microscopes**, researchers at Ohio State University and their colleagues were able to glimpse how the **Shewanella oneidensis** bacterium breaks down metal to chemically extract **oxygen**.
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