Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice

foxnews ^ | Monday, June 15, 2009 | Jeanna Bryner

[JoeProBono]

After more than 120,000 years trapped beneath a block of ice in Greenland, a tiny microbe has awoken. The long-lasting bacteria may hold clues to what life forms might exist on other planets. The new bacteria species was found nearly 2 miles (3 km) beneath a Greenland glacier, where temperatures can dip well below freezing, pressure soars, and food and oxygen are scarce. "We don't know what state they were in," said study team member Jean Brenchley of Pennsylvania State University. "They could've been dormant, or they could've been slowly metabolizing, but we don't know for sure."

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[BenLurkin]

Yikes!

[null and void]

16th post. We’re slipping...

[Joe 6-pack]

"And now, it's going to kill us all."

It needn't be that way. Get yourself a copy and consult the outbreak appendix...

You'll be just fine. These things are survivable.

[dfwgator]

[skeptoid]

. . . this pic??

[JoeProBono]

[TightyRighty]

WTh?! What has been seen cannot be unseen.

[xcamel]

Somebody should ping GodGunsGuts to explain this one away....

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Oh, no. We’re dooooooooooooooooooooooooomed!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Your puny bacteria cannot compete with my Ebola Doll:

Bleed out much? :-D

[SunkenCiv]

Nuts.

Microbe Wakes Up After 120,000 Years in Ice....
Fox News | June 15th, 2009
Posted on 06/15/2009 3:37:30 PM PDT by TaraP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2272411/posts

[Salamander]

So did “Reptilicus”.

We never learn.

[Salamander]

Support bacteria!

[they’re the only culture some people have]

[Hot Tabasco]

I got all 4 of those little bastards, and I didn’t even get any cute stuffed animals.

I got penicillin and that seemed to work........