Researchers make stunning discovery while studying popular Christmas trees: 'May influence the accumulation'

Researchers make stunning discovery while studying popular Christmas trees: 'May influence the accumulation'

Researchers have found that Norway spruce trees can accumulate gold in their needles. The study was published in Environmental Microbiome and detailed how soil bacteria produce gold in the spruces' needles. This process is called biomineralization. Biomineralization also happens when sea creatures build their skeletons or shells with calcium carbonate. "Our results suggest that bacteria and other microbes living inside plants may influence the a…