Arsenic-munching bacteria found

[faemortel]

These little guys may have existed before oxygen was part of the atmosphere.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7558448.stm

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Comments

[kasku]

Awesome post. : )

[ragnor144]

It is always interesting to see how life can exist outside of what we consider the norm. I will echo jo_chan in saying that discoveries like this increase the odds of finding life beyond Earth.