Bacteria precipitate gold

[markqf1]

It could be possible to collect gold from hydrothermal wells and vents.
Maybe there is a way to use this to our advantage.

http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/life_sciences/report-11634.html

Mark

 

[geonorts]

many gold nuggets are secondary gold formed by bacteria (bacterioform gold) usually on a nucleus of primary gold

 

[Juan Manuel Arcos Frank]

Yes Sir!!!!...gold can be recovered with bacteria but this is a Top Secret.One day we will recover all our precious metals using biochemical processes,no acids,no fumes.Instead of all chemical products we will have an enormous collection of different types of bacteria.

Have a nice day

Manuel

 

[butcher]

Gold bugs

 

[Barren Realms 007]

"Gold Leeches" :roll:

Oh that is bad.....

 

[Irons]

From the article:

"However, the concentration of gold in the course of the experiment significantly exceeded its concentration in a natural geothermal well. Nevertheless, it should be acknowledged that it takes thousands of years for the deposit to be formed in the natural environment, while in the experiment gold was precipitated within half a year only. "

Patience.

 

[Juan Manuel Arcos Frank]

LOL,Irons!!!!!....patience????...no way.....biochemical processes for PM recovery are pretty close to become operative.They work with algae,fungi or bacteria.Some of them are cyanide generators (i. e. Chromobacterium violaceum,an algae or Chlorella Vulgaris,a bacteria),other microoganisms metabolize the cyanide.Biochemical processes are slower than hydrometallurgical ones.What an alkaly cyanide gold process dissolves in hours,biochemical process disssolves it in days.

Have a nice day

Manuel

 

[Anonymous]

is it eat the gold???

 

[Juan Manuel Arcos Frank]

Yaphiar:
Not exactly...these microrganisms transform materials to cyanide which dissolves precious metals and other microrganisms destroyes cyanide formed once that the PM are dissolved.
Best regards
Manuel

 

[Irons]

This is some heavy S**T.

 

[Juan Manuel Arcos Frank]

LOL Irons!!!!!!!.....this is the way that Nature works.

Irons,Merry Christmas...I send you a big hug.

Have a nice day

Manuel

 

[Irons]

LOL Irons!!!!!!!.....this is the way that Nature works.

Irons,Merry Christmas...I send you a big hug.

Have a nice day

Manuel

Hola Chingon!

Feliz Navidad, Hermano!

 

[markqf1]

The interesting thing to me is that (according to the article) it worked in the lab only in the daylight.
I wouldn't think hydrothermal solutions see too much daylight.

Mark