On: Phytomining – Extracting Minerals via Plants

[papercrane]

Iron is widely distributed across the globe. Nearly all soil will have some iron in it. I'm actually in PEI right now to watch the eclipse, and the soil here is famous for it's red colour caused by the high iron-oxide content.

[tomcam → papercrane]

Yes, I'm used to iron filings on the beach in So Cal, but somehow I didn't think it would be in such high amounts in bacteria.