2024-11-14T21:04:00-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/105305181/even-bacteria-are-architects Nam Henderson 2014-07-29T12:02:00-04:00 >2014-07-29T16:24:17-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wy/wytksoxwi9m5f7j3.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Until present, we knew of similar patterns created from saline solutions and isolated proteins, but this is the first report that demonstrates how whole bacterial cells can manage the crystallisation of sodium chloride (NaCl) and generate self-organised biosaline structures of a fractal or dendritic appearance.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Recent work by researchers from the &nbsp;Laboratory of BioMineralogy and Astrobiological Research at the&nbsp;University of Valladolid-CSIC, Spain, has discovered that bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate.</p><p>&nbsp;h/t @<a href="https://twitter.com/bldgblog/status/492843414644215809" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Geoff Manaugh</a></p><p>Also, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/72714152/cities-of-the-future-built-by-drones-bacteria-and-3-d-printers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previously and related</a>..?</p>