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#InTheNews - #Radiation eating fungus. Savior or #NuclearIndustry PR? I've always been fascinated by the #RadiotrophicFungus. But is it truly performing #Radiosynthesis? What is the "chemical byproduct"? Also, I do remember reading about #FukushimaBlackMold and #SpaceFungus on the #ISS. Hmmmm....
Species in #Chernobyl disaster zone is mutating to feed on nuclear radiation
By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR, 1 December 2025
"Nearly 40 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine, scientists have discovered a form of life that's thriving on the radiation that's been left behind.
A strange black fungus called #CladosporiumSphaerospermum, found growing on abandoned reactor walls, hasn't just learned to survive the deadly fallout, but several strains now grow faster when radiation is present and even move towards it."