News Main Animals Archaeology Dinosaurs Earth History Human Animal Space Tech   Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |   Loves to Eat Uranium This image shows the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis growing on the surface of the iron oxide mineral hematite. Scientists found that the proteins bacteria like this one use to digest toxic metals are on the outside of the bacteria's cell as well as in an ooze-like material that comes out of the cell. | Discovery News Video   « back to article

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