Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Resilient Earthling microbe...

could likely survive on Mars: Tough Microbe Has The Right Stuff for Mars.

Methanosarcina barkeri
is a hardy bacterium that can live in oxygen poor environments, produces methane, tolerates wide variation in temperature and can endure long dry spells. So, why not on Mars?

I heart extremophiles.

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