`Under conditions favorable for bacterial growth, the bacteria accepted glycerol as a source of food. “After 130 days, only around 5 percent of the uranium dissolved in the water remained in the samples,” says Newman-Portela. “We suspected that the bacteria had incorporated the uranium in their cell walls. We already knew about accumulation processes from the literature.” & indeed, the researchers were able to prove the existence of uranium in the bacteria’s cell walls` https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pOid=78117&pNid=3438