A thriving colony of a white-rot fungus called Phanerochaete chrysosporium can chew through a toxic soup of lead, cadmium, chlorinated solvents or plastic additives by deploying a range of enzymes that break down these substances...
Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California, and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, treated the fungus with an antimicrobial compound called propiconazole to make it more adept at removing toxic metals.
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