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Cave snot carves out its home
MSNBC ^
| 12/13/2006
| Jeanna Bryner
Posted on 12/13/2006 5:03:06 PM PST by grjr21
Cave-dwelling bacteria are interior designers of sorts, forming mucus-like chandeliers that hang from cave ceilings and coat the floors with thick mats. Now scientists are finding the tiny critters can also help turn a meager underground residence into an ever-expanding dark palace.
By rappelling into the Frasassi cave system in Italy, for the first time, scientists have revealed clearly the role of cave bacteria in actually forming caves, as reported this week here at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
"We really are able to implicate microorganisms in speeding up cave formation," said Jennifer Macalady of Pennsylvania State University.
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TOPICS: Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs
Did I ever tell you about the time a cave dwelling snotite bit my sister.
Humor aside isn't there a theory that subterranean bactiria makes oil .
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12/13/2006 5:03:09 PM PST
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grjr21
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12/13/2006 5:12:03 PM PST
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69ConvertibleFirebird
(Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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12/13/2006 5:47:52 PM PST
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grjr21
To: grjr21
Cave snot carves out its home
Enough of the Henry Waxman jokes already!
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12/13/2006 6:03:09 PM PST
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mikrofon
(Well, it *is* politically related...)
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12/15/2006 12:23:48 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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Kudos to the headline writer.
Thanks for another scholarly GGG ping!
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12/15/2006 4:39:26 AM PST
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texas booster
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To: grjr21
Yup, nonobes, smaller than microbes.
Now, ever time I am in the garden, I keep looking over my sholder.....
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12/15/2006 8:09:52 AM PST
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ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: grjr21
If you think it's butter, but it's snot....
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12/15/2006 8:11:41 AM PST
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dfwgator
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12/15/2006 9:51:54 AM PST
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SunkenCiv
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To: mikrofon
Oh, God, and I was just gonna check the boards before starting lunch....
To: grjr21
"Hot subterranean biosphere in a continental oil reservoir":
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v377/n6546/abs/377223a0.html
I'm not sure what it all means but "Hot subterranean biosphere" or "Cave Snot" would be great names for a rock band.
Aren’t bacteria the earliest and most populous life form on earth and perhaps the universe?
I don’t know about bacteria making oil but it lives in it and other seemingly inhospitable environments. I believe a certain type of bacteria “eats” oil and is used to clean up oil spills.
I first encountered cave snot while cleaning my future ex-husband’s apartment. I found its source was the bottom of his refrigerator where I also discovered “furry” peas, liquid lettuce and a solid brick of milk.
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12/15/2006 5:00:38 PM PST
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Caramelgal
(Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead.)
To: mikrofon
Nice picture of Henry Waxman... also known as "NOSTRILDAMUS"!!
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12/15/2006 9:53:15 PM PST
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albee
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