Hey Guys,
just what is going on with Nasa? I thought that we had some bacteria 2 decades back that could purify copper and was extremely ready for marketing, even a stock offering. Did that not have the ability to handle arsenic? I recall a mountain of ore being processed with bacteria and the bodies were washed out for final refining. Or am I so damn old I recall another fairy tale? It is not alien and the work is sloppy and now it might not even be new? NASA( Never A Straight Answer). What gives? Vladimyr Ivan Burachynsky Ph.D.(Civil Eng.), M.Sc.(Mech.Eng.), M.Sc.(Biology) 120-1053 Beaverhill Blvd. Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA R2J 3R2 (204) 2548321 Phone/Fax <mailto:vbur...@shaw.ca> vbur...@shaw.ca -----Original Message----- From: friam-boun...@redfish.com [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Douglas Roberts Sent: December 6, 2010 11:51 PM To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group Subject: Re: [FRIAM] NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With ToxicChemical Sounds like an extremely toxic research environment. Poisonous reviews... On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:39 PM, Roger Critchlow <r...@elf.org> wrote: Ah, a microbiologist rips the NASA research: http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-bacteria-nasas.htm l finding lots of places where they didn't do (or didn't report the results of) additional experimental work she would have sent any graduate student back to the lab to do. <http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/12/arsenic-associated-bacteria-nasas.ht ml> Via Maggie Koerth-Baker at Boing Boing: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/06/microbiologist-turns.html <http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/06/microbiologist-turns.html> -- rec -- On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 12:25 PM, glen e. p. ropella <g...@tempusdictum.com> wrote: I presume most of you've seen this already, but just in case: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/astrobiology_toxic_chemical.htm l "Researchers conducting tests in the harsh environment of Mono Lake in California have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. The microorganism substitutes arsenic for phosphorus in its cell components." -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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