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Subject:
silicon eaten by microorganism
Category: Science > Biology Asked by: vanpra-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
30 Jun 2003 07:22 PDT
Expires: 30 Jul 2003 07:22 PDT Question ID: 223484 |
Are there any microorganism which consume silicon or silicon di oxide? is it possible for any microorganism to consume inorganic elements like silicon |
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Re: silicon eaten by microorganism
From: fstokens-ga on 02 Jul 2003 22:16 PDT |
I wouldn't expect any organisms to eat elemental silicon, as elemental silicon does not occur "in nature" in significant amounts. I'm not sure if anything "eats" silicon dioxide, but many organisms certainly *use* silicon dioxide. The grass in your lawn has a fairly high silica content, and microorgansims such as diatoms make structures out of pure silica (silicon dioxide). |
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