Icy microbes make case for life on Mars
PENN STATE (US) — The bottom of a glacier is not the most hospitable place on Earth, but at least two types of bacteria happily live there, according to researchers.The bacteria—Chryseobacterium and Paenisporosarcina—showed signs of respiration in ice made in the laboratory that was designed to simulate as closely as possible the temperatures and nutrient content found at the bottom of Arctic and Antarctic glaciers, says Corien Bakermans, assistant professor of microbiology at Penn State Altoona....
Source: Futurity.org - Tuesday, 24 January
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