Microbes in the News


Unusual bacterium thrives on arsenic

Article synopsis:
Newly discovered bacteria, dubbed MIT-13, use arsenic in their energy generation process in much the same way that humans use oxygen to release energy from food.

Article citation:
"One Microbe's Meat," Discover, March 1995, p. 20.



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