Michigan State: These Bacteria Clean Up Radioactive Waste
August 12, 2021
August 12, 2021
EAST LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 12 (TNSJou) -- Michigan State University issued the following news:
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Spartan research reveals 'sponge' made by Geobacter can soak up uranium
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For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn't clear how the microbes did it.
"The biological mechanism of how they were doing this remained elusive for 20 ye . . .
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Spartan research reveals 'sponge' made by Geobacter can soak up uranium
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For decades, scientists suspected that bacteria known as Geobacter could clean up radioactive uranium waste, but it wasn't clear how the microbes did it.
"The biological mechanism of how they were doing this remained elusive for 20 ye . . .