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Researchers discovered bacteria that produce what valuable commodity?


October 3, 2012 By

Answer: gold

According to an article from Gizmodo, researchers at Michigan State University discovered bacteria that can survive in extreme toxic environments and create 24-karat gold pieces.


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G-Man    |    Commented October 3, 2012

Don't know anything about this guy but sounds like he at least has some common sense.

mytank    |    Commented October 3, 2012

All responsible pet owners should scure their animals in the car either in a crate or with a harness. In the event of an accident they can be ejected from their seats and cause harm to the passengers in the car... being hit in the head by your 20lb lap dog can cause serious injury to yourself! As well as cause serious injury to the animal.

Kevin    |    Commented October 3, 2012

I always make sure my cat has his seat belt on before going to the vet!

R.A.    |    Commented October 3, 2012

Just because it's a good idea to secure your pet does not make it a good law. Why do so many people insist on trying to legislate common sense? As law, this is stupid. Way to go, Governor Christie!

Christine    |    Commented October 3, 2012

It's common sense. You secure your child, whom you love, so why wouldn't you secure your pet, whom you also love? I wouldn't get into a vehicle and NOT secure my child or my pet.

What?    |    Commented October 5, 2012

What do any of the comments about securing pets have to do with bacteria that make gold???

Editor    |    Commented October 8, 2012

Hi, the pet seatbelt comments refer to this question of the day: http://www.govtech.com/newsletters/Question-of-the-Day-for-100312.html For some reason, our back-end system linked them to the bacteria question instead. Sorry for the confusion!

Robert L.    |    Commented October 25, 2012

Once again, I blame the cybercriminals out there now hacking to gain access to one more aspect of our lives for this recent outbreak of reporting confusion going on. Darn those guys, again! Will the insanity never stop?


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