Front page article in the NYT today has some discussion. These
microbes still seem to "prefer phosphorous", but have been able to
substitue arsenic for phosphorous atoms in some molecules - even in
certain DNA nucleotides. However, the researchers evidently haven't
yet demonstrated that these particular nucleotides are part of
active genes (if I read the article correctly).
Grant
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On 12/3/2010 9:09 AM, peggy miller wrote:
Anyone hear of how the microorganism is doing besides
that it is alive and using arsenic as a building block? Does it
die really quickly? Does it shed parts of its body on regular
basis? Anything like that?
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