Strain of Bacteria Produces Gold Nuggets

Nanoscale of course

Reason Staff | 2.5.2013 10:52 AM

Gold prospectors may one day use Petri dishes to help with their quests. A species of bacterium forms nanoscale gold nuggets to help it to grow in toxic solutions of the precious metal, reports a paper published online today in Nature Chemical Biology.

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Strain of Bacteria Produces Gold Nuggets

Nanoscale of course

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