On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote:
> These bacteria gourmets are eating arsenic, OK! I have some doubts re > fluorine and chlorine, > but I am open to the facts. What wasn't clear in the press release but is in the detailed article: http://www.astrobio.net/exclusive/3698/thriving-on-arsenic is that the organism successfully created it's DNA backbone, the sides of the DNA ladder with arsenic. > If there is something to eat, life appears immediately. You might find this amusing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE T
