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Microbial mercury mop

Eleanor Lawrence reports on a new strain of bacteria genetically engineered to clean up soil and water contaminated by toxic radioactive waste.

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  1. Brim,H., McFarlan, S. C., Fredrickson, J. K., Minton, K. W., Zhai, M., Wackett, L.P. & Daly, M.J. Engineering Deinococcus radiodurans for metal remediation in radioactive mixed waste environments Nature Biotechnology 18, 85 - 90 2000.

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Lawrence, E. Microbial mercury mop. Nature (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/news000106-8

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