Bacteria Produces Pure Gold

[SajeevJino]

Researchers at Michigan State University
have perhaps discovered the secret of
alchemy. They proved that a bacteria
called Cupriavidus metallidurans gobbles
up a toxic liquid chemical called gold
chloride and spits out 24k gold in metallic
form a week later.

In fact, the bacteria are at least 25 times
stronger than previously reported among
scientists, the researchers determined in
their art installation, "The Great Work of
the Metal Lover," which uses a
combination of biotechnology, art and
alchemy to turn liquid gold into 24-karat
gold. The artwork contains a portable
laboratory made of 24-karat gold-plated
hardware, a glass bioreactor and the
bacteria, a combination that produces
gold in front of an audience.

"This is neo-alchemy. Every part, every
detail of the project is a cross between
modern microbiology and
alchemy," [researcher Adam] Brown said.
"Science tries to explain the
phenomenological world. As an artist, I'm
trying to create a phenomenon. Art has
the ability to push scientific inquiry."

According to Brown, it wouldn't be
profitable to mass produce gold this way –
so this probably isn't the world-changing
discovery the word "alchemy" would
suggest. But it's still pretty cool, like the
fact that you can buy gold from a vending
machine.


Bacteria Produces Pure Gold | Money Talks News

 

[Tolaha]

Wiki says, the bacteria precipitates metallic gold from a solution of gold (III) tetrachloride!

 

[Known_Unknown]

Uhh....this is not alchemy. Alchemy is the purported art of creating one element from another. This bacteria just creates gold from a compound of gold itself.

Slow news day apparently at "Money Talks News". Either that or the journalist who wrote that story flunked Chemistry.