"Ancient Microbes Spring to Life After 100 Million Years" Topic

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Tango01	28 Jul 2020 9:39 p.m. PST
… Under the Seafloor. "Scientists have revived microbes found deep beneath the seafloor in 100-million-year-old sediment, dramatically expanding our view of where life exists on Earth and for how long. An international team of scientists led by geomicrobiologist Yuki Morono from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has revived microbes pulled from energy-poor seafloor sediments dated to 101.5 million years ago. Under laboratory conditions, these microbes sprung back to life, munching on food and multiplying. After enduring low-energy conditions for millions of years, these microbes—a type of bacteria—still managed to "retain their metabolic potential," according to the new research, which was published today in Nature Communications…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
Editor in Chief Bill	28 Jul 2020 9:52 p.m. PST
Isn't this how Godzilla starts?
Tango01	29 Jul 2020 3:58 p.m. PST
(smile) Amicalement Armand
GHECKO22	31 Jul 2020 4:46 p.m. PST
100 million old microbes – yeah….
Wolfhag	31 Jul 2020 5:48 p.m. PST
"retain their metabolic potential," Yes, those were the good old days. They seem pretty hungry, I hope they don't have a taste for human flash. Wolfhag
Skeets	02 Aug 2020 8:09 a.m. PST
Just because you can doesn't mean you should!
ScottWashburn	03 Aug 2020 2:51 p.m. PST
What could possibly go wrong?