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Stony bacteria

By Roberta Kwok / May 14, 2012

A newly discovered bacterium has pearl-like lumps inside. Credit: CNRS, K. Benzerara & S. Borensztajn

Lake-dwelling bacterium has hard lumps inside it

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged bacteria/protists/fungi, bacterium, cyanobacterium, getinvolved, Marine bacteria, mineral, oceanography, proportion

Like poison for phosphorus

By Stephen Ornes / December 13, 2010

Scientists report finding bacterium that can live off arsenic

Posted in Chemistry | Tagged Adaptation, arsenic, bacteria, bacterium, Chemosynthesis, energetics, extreme environments, forensic science, microbe, organic chemistry, organic molecules, phosphorus, toxicology, toxicology/drugs

The tell-tale bacteria

By Stephen Ornes / April 7, 2010

What germs populate the hands may be as unique as fingerprints.

Posted in Microbes, Fungi & Algae | Tagged bacterium, forensic science