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Iron-eating Bug Found to Thrive in 121C Heat

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the stranger-than-fiction dept.

shobadobs writes "A story in the Independent reports that a microorganism appropriately referred to as 'Strain 121' has been found capable of thriving, with its colony size doubling, at a heat of 121 degrees Celsius, eight degrees more than the previously recorded maximum temperature that an organism can survive. This deep-sea volcanic vent creature was found on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, and it feeds off of iron." Luckily it's only a microorganism. At first glance I thought scientists might have discovered a real-life rust monster.

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  1. Re:Welcome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    I just got finished stretching your mother's labia over my head and down to my ears, sort of like a fishy skull cap

  2. Re:Welcome by sharkey · · Score: -1, Troll
    , for one, am getting fucking sick and tired of that mindless misuse of a Kent Brockman quote...

    • All your bitching are belong to us!
    • Natalie Portman would be petrified by your choice of language.
    • IN SOVIET RUSSIA, KENT BROCKMAN GETS SICK OF YOU!
    • Imagine a Beowulf cluster of people whining about things we find consistently amusing! The hot air could be used to power NYC!
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