Super Bacteria Create Gold 180
SchrodingerZ writes "With the price of gold skyrocketing in today's market, Michigan State University researchers have discovered a bacterium that can withstand high toxicity levels that are necessary to create natural gold. '"Microbial alchemy is what we're doing — transforming gold from something that has no value into a solid, precious metal that's valuable," said Kazem Kashefi, assistant professor of microbiology and molecular genetics.' The bacteria is Cupriavidus metallidurans, which is conditioned to be tolerant to heavy, toxic metals and to be 25 times stronger than most bacteria. When put into gold-chloride (a natural forming toxic liquid), the bacteria reproduces and converts the liquid into a gold nugget. The complete process takes about a week to perform. This experiment is currently on tour as an art exhibit called 'The Great Work of the Metal Lover.'"
Reality TV producers are better than bacteria (Score:5, Funny)
They seem to be able to create cash for themselves from shit.
Re:Gold-chloride found in nature? (Score:5, Funny)
Yes it's only created in a lab - and it's extremely expensive to create. But this finding will allow gold chloride makers to recoup some of their investment, and once they realize some economies of scale I'm sure they can make a profit.
Re:bacterium lanistetium! (Score:4, Funny)
It puts the phrase, "Shitting a gold brick" into a whole new light!
Re:Darn it! (Score:5, Funny)
You thought they'd found bacteria that can do nuclear fusion maybe?
SHIT GOLD BRICKS (Score:5, Funny)
For fun and profit.
Re:Misleading headline (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gold-chloride found in nature? (Score:2, Funny)
to create gold-chloride, dissolve solid gold into a chlorine solution under 100 atmospheres of pressure at 10000C for a 168 hours.
So to create gold using these bacteria it takes 100,000 joules of energy to convert 1 oz. of gold into gold-chlorine and then wait a week to get back .9 oz. of gold from the bacteria.
Cool, where do I sign up? :)
I think we need to get Bernie Madeoff to manage the business, he has lots of experience with this.
F*cking alchemists how do THEY work? (Score:5, Funny)
And I don't wanna ask a scientist. Y'all mothafuckas lying, and gettin' me pissed!
Re:SHIT GOLD BRICKS (Score:5, Funny)
Re:"no it doesn't" (Score:4, Funny)
No, it's German. "The SchroedingerZ, the!"
Re:"no it doesn't" (Score:4, Funny)
Q. How many copy editors does it take to change a light bulb?
A. The last time this question was asked, it involved art directors. Is the difference intentional? Should one or the other instance be changed? It seems inconsistent.
Re:throw out the dictionary, you aren't using it. (Score:2, Funny)
Car companies don't make cars. They just rearrange molecules until they are formed into a car shape.
Re:SHIT GOLD BRICKS (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Misleading headline (Score:4, Funny)