Surprising metals found in microbes
For first time, organism shown to need rare earth element to survive
HOT DIGS Methylacidiphilum fumariolicum, the first life form found to rely on a rare earth element for survival, lives in steaming volcanic mud pits like this one outside Naples, Italy.
Paola Marinani, Radboud University Nijmegen
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