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Gold-Encrusted Fungi Discovered In Australia (function (grow faster and…
Gold-Encrusted Fungi Discovered In Australia
where
Boddington
Locatedsoutheast of Western Australia's capital Perth
(when they were examining the microbes in the soil)
featuring
appeartance and characterisyic
with tiny flecks of gold collected from the soil
only visible under a microscope
pink and fluffy
uses a series of chemical interactions
function
uses a series of chemical interactions
begin by oxidizing the gold
causes the metal to lose electrons
makes it soluble in the groundwater
grow faster and bigger relative
to other fungi that don’t work with gold.
found
who
a national agency at Australia
led by Dr.Tsing Bohu
(a geomicrobiologist)
need to know
future
as gum leaves and termite mounds
less impactful and more cost-effective than drilling
store tiny traces of gold
be linked to bigger deposits below the surface
to detect gold
in waste products
and manmade electronics