Timeline for Bacteria trapped in crystal inclusions found 'alive' after 50,000 years - what were they eating all that time?
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| Mar 26, 2017 at 13:32 | comment | added | uhoh | ...and even an answer with new information may not be a "better answer" in terms of being helpful or thorough. These "nonstandard ecosystems" (ones that look different than the rabbit eating the plant and returning nitrogen that I remember from school) are fascinationg! | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 12:59 | comment | added | another 'Homo sapien' | @uhoh yeah, research takes quite a long time, so a better answer might take years or so :) | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 11:24 | comment | added | uhoh | Thanks for the great answer! I have a hunch I that shouldn't hold my breath for any conclusions/consensus to be announced soon. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 11:21 | vote | accept | uhoh | ||
| Feb 25, 2017 at 9:41 | history | edited | another 'Homo sapien' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2017 at 8:00 | comment | added | another 'Homo sapien' | @john talking about wider array, it just comes out as a bonus that iron sulfur reactions are also the ones we already know, who knows what kind of reactions could those microbes perform! ;) | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 20:06 | comment | added | John | Under high heat you have a wider array of reactions to work with. Such as Iron sulfur reactions. | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 11:30 | comment | added | another 'Homo sapien' | @john thats a nice point, but I can't understand how it relates to the question... :/ | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 11:18 | comment | added | John | keep in mind the cave in question is so hot humans can only enter it is special cooling suits, and even then only for short periods of time. | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 7:19 | comment | added | uhoh | I've just asked this question. | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 7:06 | comment | added | uhoh | From the radio interview I had the impression that some things were in fact viable, but they may not simultaneously be the 50Ky old things. I'll listen again at some point, and wait for more to be written, and published in the future. | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 7:04 | comment | added | uhoh | This is exactly the answer I was hoping for. Background to put the question in perspective, the possibility of constituents from the crystal itself participating, and a whole lot of caution not to draw any conclusions until the normal business of science takes its course. Thanks! (rad-munching fungi was an eye-opener, I hadn't heard of that before.) | |
| Feb 24, 2017 at 6:40 | history | answered | another 'Homo sapien' | CC BY-SA 3.0 |