Over the years, I’ve been fortunate to work on a bunch of very esoteric projects.

I’ve found microbes that degrade honest-to-goodness solid waste (HGSW), recalcitrant chemicals (aromatic hydrocarbons, among others), harvest gold from the ground, etc..  The trick is finding the right microbes that effect the change desired.  (In a few cases, the trick was forcing a mutation in the strain the deliver the desired results.)

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