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Related: About this forumScientists successfully revive 100m-year-old microbes from the sea
Microbes had lain dormant at the bottom of the sea since the age of the dinosaurs
AFP in Paris
Published onTue 28 Jul 2020 12.49 EDT
Scientists have successfully revived microbes that had lain dormant at the bottom of the sea since the age of the dinosaurs, allowing the organisms to eat and even multiply after eons in the deep.
Their research sheds light on the remarkable survival power of some of Earths most primitive species, which can exist for tens of millions of years with barely any oxygen or food before springing back to life in the lab.
A team led by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology analysed ancient sediment samples deposited more than 100m years ago on the seabed of the South Pacific.
The region is renowned for having far fewer nutrients in its sediment than normal, making it a far-from-ideal site to maintain life over millennia.
The team incubated the samples to help coax the microbes out of their epoch-spanning slumber.
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/28/scientists-successfully-revived-mesozoic-era-microbes-from-the-sea
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Scientists successfully revive 100m-year-old microbes from the sea (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jul 2020
OP
I don't know about doing something like this, in reactivating long dormant microbes...
SWBTATTReg
Jul 2020
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soothsayer
(38,601 posts)1. What could go wrong?
samnsara
(17,667 posts)4. my thoughts exactly!!
Duppers
(28,134 posts)9. Exactly!
Javaman
(62,540 posts)10. Personally, I welcome our 100m-year-old microbes overlords. nt
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)11. Rise of Cthulhu!
Javaman
(62,540 posts)12. the old ones are not amused. nt
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)13. Shhhh. Don't say their names
SCantiGOP
(13,878 posts)14. Were they researching a science fiction movie?
I read there may be 2,000 long dormant viruses in the Siberian tundra that are just waiting to thaw out.
SWBTATTReg
(22,222 posts)2. I don't know about doing something like this, in reactivating long dormant microbes...
Life today probably wouldn't have the tools to fight such microbes if need be.
Laffy Kat
(16,394 posts)3. In time for 2012 headlines: "Kraken Attacks Sub"
"Kraken attempts to mate with Sub."
Laffy Kat
(16,394 posts)8. Even better! LOL. nt
FirstLight
(13,368 posts)5. Goddamn, this is NOT the year!!!
Put them back!!!
hunter
(38,353 posts)7. How else would they survive the trip from Mars?