extremophile

[Wilson Gray]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:16 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-nasas-form-life-untrue-015324767.html :
> Rather than being a new form of life that thrives on arsenic, Science's
> statement summed up the latest studies by describing the bacterium as "a
> well-adapted extremophile that lives in a high-arsenic environment."

But, surely, we can all agree that Science's statement is, in fact,
*not* a new form of life. ;-)

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