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Uranium Eating Bacteria Help Cold War Cleanup

Posted by timothy on from the until-they-awaken-and-attack-us dept.

Shipud writes "Scientists from UMA have used metal-metablozing bacteria, Geobacter, to "eat" uranium. The uranium is converted from a soluble form to an insoluble one, thus preventing water contamination. Cold-war era uranium processing has left many contaminated sites in the US, and worldwide. Details are here."

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  1. What about the poor bacteria?! by psyconaut · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nobody spared a thought for the fact the bacteria's children are born with three heads and only one leg due to the radioactivity!

    -psy

  2. Obligatory UF link by erpbridge · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yellow Cake. Wonder if the bacteria will grow up to look/act like Hastur?

    Egads, I hope not!

  3. I, for one... by inertia187 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Uranium Eating Bacterial overloads.

    --
    A programmer is a machine for converting coffee into code.