Comments on: Found in Mono Lake: Bizarro Bacterium Can Build Its DNA With Arsenic

By: Karla Campos

Karla Campos — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:05:47 +0000

Wow, I am actually in the California area, it would be nice to pass by the famous lake for a bacteria sample.

By: GLENN

GLENN — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:49:35 +0000

If this new life that has arsenic to build its DNA, but still has the other 5-components of the DNA, shows that is has a relationship with the phosphate base DNA and either it evolve from Phosphate DNA or the Phosphate DNA evolve from it. My quess is that the arsenic DNA evolve from the Phosphate DNA since water has been around from the beginning. Now, when you find a life form that has completely different components of the DNA or just a few components of our DNA, then you can make claim of a 2nd genesis or a complete new life form. In evolutionary terms it’s not hard to imagine in a high arsenic environment, any life forms that has characteristics to survive the arsenic, but also exploit it would have a great advantage and would pass it on to future generations.

By: Rafael Moya (Mexico)

Rafael Moya (Mexico) — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:27:46 +0000

Is it the evolution consequence? Then this bacteria is a modern way of life. What do think the reserchers about this possibility?

By: scott

scott — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:03:34 +0000

I drove past Mono a few years back, had never been, and had planned to stop and take a swim…and was I suprised. The car was parked and I ran down to the water only to quickly turn around and run back as fast as I could. There was this nasty, salty, muddy beach I sunk into covered in millions of tiny black flies that swarmed like a cloud and it smelled something fierce and you could see the flies on the shore for a hundred yards in each direction. I guess that is part of its natural envirnment? More info would be nice..has it always been like this? I know its much lower than it used to be.

By: joe

joe — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 08:45:50 +0000

i found it interesting that when nasa gave a live press update on t.v. they were shut down mid sentance by????? and not a word of this dicovery was heard again until this article. you could hear the news anchor cursing in the background how the government had no right to shut them down.

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:17:44 +0000

So are those formations on the lake salt pillars? If so, how old are they?

By: mike walker

mike walker — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:08:34 +0000

this is awsome i want to know as much as posible including the structure of this life form.is it a life form or bacteria i neeeeed to know more!!!!and anything elts u can tell me …

thanks

mike walker

ps telllllllll me everything..