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http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131022/ncomms3614/full/ncomms3614.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131022/ncomms3614/full/nco... The study is remarkabl

by iamshs 13y ago

http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131022/ncomms3614/full/ncomms3614.html http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/131022/ncomms3614/full/nco... The study is remarkable in the sense that they for the first time proved a definite link that eucalyptus trees in fact imbibe gold ore from the earth, and theorized the mechanism behind it.

ChuckMcM 13y ago
I think they came up with the wrong use case though. What you'd really like is to have a gengeneered bacteria that extracts gold out of solution and can live in salt water. And some phytoplankton or arthropods that eat the bacteria and concentrate metallic salts in a kidney like organ. which are then collectable with drag nets. All new gold mining industry :-) One wonders though if there are plants in the Sierras that would be similar processors of dissolved gold.