Antarctic Microbes Could Live on Mars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 31, 2006 @06:01AM from the if-they-can-make-it-there-they'll-make-it-anywhere dept.

eldavojohn writes "Recent research has shown that microbes found in an Antarctic lake could survive the coldest temperatures on Mars. From the article, 'And they found that these species of microorganisms "huddled" together in colder temperatures to form a chemically linked unit called a biofilm. The finding marks the first time this phenomenon has been detected in the Antarctic species of so-called extremophiles. The findings provide more evidence for the ideas that liquid found beneath Mars' surface could harbor microbial life and that life could exist elsewhere in the solar system and galaxy, which is generally incredibly cold.' Their genes are currently being sequenced to determine which give the organisms 'cold-shock' proteins and their resistance to cold."

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Re:Study hot life instead by kfg · 2006-10-31 06:24 · Score: 2, Funny

And if it eventually out-evolves us, then it probably will regard us as boring, and will leave us alone.

Proof positive that ants are more evolved than small boys.

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Only on Slashdot... by DragonWriter · 2006-10-31 06:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Only on slashdot are women decribed as "equipment".
Re:Study hot life instead by LunaticTippy · 2006-10-31 06:32 · Score: 3, Funny

Those fireants in that storm drain when I was 8 must have not been very evolved then. They found my poor hide quite interesting.

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Re:Study hot life instead by Hugonz · 2006-10-31 07:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Yeah, that would be interesting. As for the time being, we are marsiforming Terra.