These Fish and Flies Are Engineered to Break Down Mercury
These Fish and Flies Are Engineered to Break Down Mercury Bacterial genes protect animals—and their predators—from harmful contamination By Cody Cottier edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier Danio rerio, a freshwater zebra fish, is one species scientists have modified to filter mercury from the environment. Ian Grainger/Alamy Stock Photo For decades mercury has been settling into…
