Gemma Reguera Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Geobacter Bacteria Cleaning up Nuclear Waste and Generating Electricity https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geobacter-clean-nuclear-waste-electricity-20110912/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/geobacter-clean-nuclear-waste-electricity-20110912/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:45:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20386 Some microbes may be able to clean up nuclear waste and at the same time generate electricity. Michigan State University (MSU) researchers have recently discovered how a bacterium called Geobacter can do all that. “Geobacter bacteria are tiny micro-organisms that can play a major role in cleaning up polluted sites around the world,” said Gemma […]

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