Fungus feeds on radiation
Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AEC) have found evidence that certain fungi possess another talent beyond their ability to decompose matter: the capacity to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their growth.Chernobyl Fungus Feeds On Radiation
via: Major biological discovery…inside the Chernobyl reactor?? « Doug’s DarkworldGeneral Carlessness
related: [Fungal infection of human organs by resistant melanin-synthesizing species is one of the pathogenic factors and one of the real consequences of the accident at Chernobyl power plant]
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