Badass Bacteria

[Felon]

Life...finds a way!

I can just see the made-for-TV movie now....

It's a timeless story. "Boy meets girl." But this time, the girl is not of this earth, and her people evolved from...arsenic bacteria! One kiss and Romeo isn't just bleeding, he's dead as a doornail. A SyFy original movie: Pretty Poison! Check your local listings.

 

[Umbran]

There seems to be some controversy over whether the bacteria really incorporate Arsenic into it's DNA...

As it should be - science thrives on criticism. Well, criticism and experiment. But the press doesn't follow up on that latter part much - the criticism will lead to further study, and more precise conclusions.

 

[El Mahdi]

As it should be - science thrives on criticism. Well, criticism and experiment...

...and mistakes!

I think mankind and science has learned as much from mistakes as from successes.

 

[El Mahdi]

Just made this connection after watching a movie on AMC (and then looking it up on Wikipedia)...

The lake in which NASA discovered these bacteria, is the same lake on whose shores was filmed an American cinema classic: High Plains Drifter.

So, not only can they live off Arsenic, they also survived an encounter with Clint Eastwood! Now that's truly badass.