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Halophile Microbes In Mediterranean Salt Pockets

Posted by timothy on from the come-on-in-the-water's-salty dept.

Gebraucht von Neuwagen writes "This finding adds extremely salty water to the extreme environments where extremophiles can live. The Discovery Basin contains a brine that has the highest concentration of magnesium chloride found thus far in a marine environment; such concentrations are considered anathema to life. The researcher was quoted saying: "This in turn adds to arguments that life could exist outside the Earth""

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  1. ::Your Subject Here:: Call 511-6034 by maroonhat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Extremophile: n. organism that thrives in an enviroment such that no normal organism (mesophile) could survive. See "Perl Programmers", "Salt Mines"

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  2. Game-Playing Microbes !?!?!?! by justanyone · · Score: 4, Funny


    Hey, Wait a minute! HALO-philes?

    These microbes love Halo? Cool! I knew it was a popular game, but the game's crossing the interspecies-player boundary is wicked awesome!

    What about Halo II ?

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    P.S., Yah, I know halo == halide == saltlike. Run with the joke, dude.

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