Posted: Jul 13, 2012 4:59 pm
by Microfarad
DavidMcC wrote:An end to this at last?:
http://www.nature.com/news/arsenic-loving-bacterium-needs-phosphorus-after-all-1.10971
After 18 months of controversy, the official verdict is in: an arsenic-tolerant bacterium found in California’s Mono Lake cannot live without phosphorus.

Just an high tolerance. Pity.