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Discover Your Microbe Personality: Which Microbe Are You?

Desulfovibrio desulfuricans You are…
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans!

Nice! You are Desulfovibrio desulfuricans!

You both share a taste for “eating out” — D. desulfuricans feeds on organic material in marine sediments. This microbe’s type of metabolism forms a stinky gas that smells like rotten eggs — does this sound like you when you eat beans?! You also both can hold your breath for a long time, and in fact D. desulfuricans lives without oxygen.

What’s more, scientists at the Dept. of Energy are studying this microbe’s amazing ability to convert highly toxic radioactive metals into a non-toxic form!

Photo credit: Alice Dohnalkova, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. (Click on it to see a larger version in a new window.)

 

 

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