extremophile

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/10/2012 04:36 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

>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. ;-)

Depends on how recently it became well-adapted.

Joel


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