Arsenic loving bacteria, another form of life right here on Earth

Friday, December 3rd 2010 - 05:45 UTC

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The first organism able to substitute one of the six chemical elements crucial to life has been found. The bacterium, found in a California lake, uses the usually poisonous element arsenic in place of phosphorus. Read full article

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“It starts to show life can survive outside the traditional truths and universals that we thought you have to use... this is knocking one brick out of that wall,“ he said.” clap clap clap, Brilliant! and tell me, How long did it take you to realize this simple truth, scientist?
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