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Scientists Discover Hungry Bacteria That Can Chomp Metal
Bacteria, like any living organism, needs to eat, but scientists have discovered some strains are so hungry, they’ll take on metal as a snack too. Researchers at California Institute of Technology accidentally discovered the tiny metal monsters after conducting an unrelated experiment with manganese, a metal, and publishing their findings in Nature. [related_content first=”1224271″] Professor…