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		maze-le on July 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty gla... How about: Hydrogen fluoride. I know there are acidophiles but a concentrated HF solution in water has a H0 of up to -11, surely no membrane (made of proteins) can survive that?

dekhn on July 17, 2020 [–]

Dunno about HF specifically but there are bacteria living at extremely low pH in highly concentrated acids from mine runoff at Iron Mountain Mine.

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