Comments on: Scientists Use Super-Strong Bacteria to Produce 24K Gold

By: Kuldeep Gurjar

Kuldeep Gurjar — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:27:02 +0000

can you tell me formula for goldchloride
how toxity can remove it from

By: PlanetOrion

PlanetOrion — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 05:23:31 +0000

These bacteria could create nuggets in nature in our distant past! They are not affected by concentrated gold chloride!

By: stephenn

stephenn — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:27:06 +0000

I think it’s an art object, folks. Its explanation employs science parody.

By: kevininmotion

kevininmotion — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:45:54 +0000

Misleading article. It’s not “creating” gold but changing the state of matter. From the MSU article linked above: ‘“The Great Work of the Metal Lover,” which uses a combination of biotechnology, art and alchemy to turn liquid gold into 24-karat gold.”

By: sangee

sangee — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:02:29 +0000

i think the cost of producing gold with bacteria may exceed the cost of gold…also what neceesity demands them to produce gold ,if so?

By: wildbill

wildbill — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:32:33 +0000

Are these bacteria actually creating the gold, or leaching the gold from solution to form a nugget? Are the gold molecules already present, or are they molecularly engineered by the bacteria? I think this is being understood wrongly in that people will think the bacteria are CREATING gold when it is already present, just in another form.

By: joal

joal — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:01:15 +0000

Amazing!
This is what the alchemists and sorcerers of old have been trying to do for aeons, to make gold from other substance.

By: evanherk

evanherk — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 05:25:26 +0000

one little problem. Gold chloride is not a worthless compound. It is worth, well, its weight in gold.

By: mhmdhammoudi

mhmdhammoudi — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:28:05 +0000

thank you