Front page article in the NYT today has some discussion. These microbes
still seem to prefer phosphorous, but have been able to substitue
arsenic for phosphorous atoms in some molecules - even in certain DNA
nucleotides. However, the researchers evidently haven't yet demonstrated
that these particular nucleotides are part of active genes (if I read
the article correctly).
Grant
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On 12/3/2010 9:09 AM, peggy miller wrote:
Anyone hear of how the microorganism is doing besides that it is alive
and using arsenic as a building block? Does it die really quickly?
Does it shed parts of its body on regular basis? Anything like that?
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