Tag: bacteria

The beauty of … bacteria?

  This is a beautiful photo — but what’s even more beautiful is what you can’t see: The water purification process taking place.  The water that’s being sprayed into the air is wastewater, and it’s landing on rocks that are coated with a film of specialized, microscopic organisms. As the wastewater trickles down through the…

Scientists create a caffeine-loving bacteria to clean water

Talk about a caffeine addiction: Scientists have genetically modified a strain of E. coli bacteria to live only on the stuff that puts the jolt in your cup of joe.  Their idea was to create bacteria that could be used in wastewater treatment. It turns out that our nation’s love of all things caffeinated is…