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Jun. 01, 2012
The Many Lifestyles of Muck-Dwelling Microbes
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Scientists at the University of Leeds are exploring ways to use magnetic bacteria to build biocomputers of the future.
Meanwhile, another group of researchers, reporting in Science, write that they have unearthed a deep-sea microbe that lives off nutrients from the dinosaur age.
In the SciFri Snack: Tired of leftovers? Microbiologist Hans Roy tells our own Flora Lichtman about microbes at the bottom of the sea who are still snacking on stuff from the age of dinosaurs. Check out more SciFri Snacks -- and join a conversation about what you've heard -- at Sound Cloud.
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Sarah Staniland
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School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
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Hans Røy
Microbiologist
Aarhus University
Aarhus, Denmark
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