• Question: What metals are there in bacteria?

    Asked by Hamy to Marikka on 10 Nov 2014.
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      Marikka Beecroft answered on 10 Nov 2014:


      Iron is the most needed metal by bacteria. The next couple are Manganese Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Magnesium and Calcium. These all occur in bacteria but at different amounts and it differs as well on what type of bacteria they are.

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