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Bacteria that poop gold? Yep, that exists, and it’s in an art exhibit.
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| 10/05-2012
| By Emi Kolawole
Posted on 10/05/2012 2:14:27 PM PDT by Red Badger
It won’t retrieve the global economy from the ditch, but there is bacteria that consumes a toxic metal to produce pure gold.
Our colleagues over at Slate have produced a video explaining how the super-strong bacteria Cupriavidus metallidurans goes about its precious dirty business
But before you grab your lab coat and rush out to nab some of the gold -pooping bacteria, stop. It is about as rare as the precious metal itself. And if you’re thinking you can synthesize the reaction in your basement using your gold jewelry, think again. The bacteria is grown on large concentrations of gold chloride — the toxic metal in question — also known as liquid gold.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Technical
KEYWORDS: bug; gold; goldbug; goldbugs
A real Gold Bug.................
To: Red Badger
We have a human in DC that poops money, his name is Bernanke.
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:16:48 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(Vote like the Constitution depends on it - it does!!)
To: Red Badger
Now, if it could only poop Skittles...
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:19:35 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Greed + Envy = Liberalism)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:23:11 PM PDT
by
I see my hands
(It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
To: I see my hands
That would need a 0.0000001 caliber round......
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:25:51 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:28:15 PM PDT
by
I see my hands
(It's time to.. KICK OUT THE JAMS, MOTHER FREEPERS!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:41:37 PM PDT
by
moovova
(Hey buddy, can you spare a tagline?)
To: Cowboy Bob
...and piss iced tea.......sweet of course..................
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:47:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Is it just me, or is Hillary! starting to look like Benjamin Franklin?.................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:51:23 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
10/05/2012 2:58:11 PM PDT
by
gov_bean_ counter
(ObamaCare is an assault on the unborn, infirmed and elderly. GOP, repeat this as necessary...)
To: Red Badger; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows
Anderson Cooper will be prospecting this weekend.
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posted on
10/05/2012 3:43:25 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
To: moovova
AuPooLOL, post of the day!
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posted on
10/05/2012 4:18:54 PM PDT
by
Las Vegas Ron
(Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
To: moovova
Very clever.
Where do you get gold chloride? Does chlorine attack gold?
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posted on
10/05/2012 6:02:20 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
To: arrogantsob
Aqua regia dissolves gold and other noble metals. Aqua regia is made from 1 part nitric acid to 3 part hydrochloric, with much of the salt produced as AuCl4-1.
To: Flying Circus
Oh, yeah that would do it, thanks.
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posted on
10/05/2012 6:17:23 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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