A dozen or so bacteria are found to collect rare earth elements from wastewater
Photo of cyanobacteria, Tolypothrix. Credit: Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 Landing elements (Rees) are a group of 17, which got their name because they usually occur by the million) in the hidden grasses of the ground. Because they are indispensable in modern technology such as light-emitting diodes, mobile phones, electromotors, turbines, hard disks, cameras, magnets …