A dis­cus­sion of a preda­tory bac­terium ap­pro­pri­ately named Vam­piro­coc­cus lu­gosii, and Elio re­veals how bac­te­ria can be used on the In­ter­na­tional Space Sta­tion to ef­fi­ciently ex­tract rare earth el­e­ments in mi­cro­grav­ity.