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https://theconversation.com/antarctic-bacteria-share-life-support-genes-to-survive-extreme-conditions-289150>
"Antarctica is one of the driest, coldest places on Earth. Very little life
survives its extremes.
In the soils dotted around the frozen ice sheets, however, communities of
microbes do survive. And one of the keys to their success is a surprisingly
communal strategy.
Unrelated organisms share the tools for survival by transferring genes among
themselves, including genes that allow them to make energy from the air itself.
In new research, we studied the genomes of 676 microbe species and discovered
that almost all of them (around 98%) showed evidence of swapping genes with
other microbes. The study is published in
Nature Communications."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
