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News Release 11-268
Badwater Basin: Death Valley Microbe Thrives There
Discovery may lead to novel biotech and nanotech uses
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Badwater Basin, lowest elevation in North America, at Death Valley National Park.
Credit: Dennis Bazylinski and Christopher Lefèvre
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A drop of water containing cells of BW-1 swimming left (northward), then changing direction when the magnetic field is reversed.
Credit: Dennis Bazylinski and Christopher Lefèvre
Spring at Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park, where BW-1 was found.
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A cell of the magnetotactic bacterium BW-1; it may fuel biotech and nanotech discoveries.
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Greigite-containing magnetotactic bacterium from Badwater Basin, Death Valley.
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The researchers' work is described in the December 23, 2011 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2011
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