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How Alleged Arsenic Bacteria Survive Toxic Lake

Posted October 04, 2012 12:41 PM

From Discovery News - Top Stories:

Bacteria that became famous for their alleged "arsenic-munching" ability, a phenomenon later proved unlikely, may have evolved to sport proteins that filter out the toxic element.

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10/05/2012 1:01 AM

Once again highlighting the great thing about Science: it's self correcting.

If only other fields of human endeavour worked the same way.

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10/08/2012 4:13 AM

Eventually...

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