Scientists revive 100 million-year-old microbes from the sea

BBC ^

[BenLurkin]

The tiny organisms had survived in the South Pacific seabed - in sediment that is poor in nutrients, but has enough oxygen to allow them to live.

Microbes are among the earth's simplest organisms, and some can live in extreme environments where more developed life forms cannot survive.

After incubation by the scientists, the microbes began to eat and multiply.

Professor and study co-author Steven D'Hondt, from the University of Rhode Island, said the microbes came from the oldest samples taken from the seabed.

"In the oldest sediment we've drilled, with the least amount of food, there are still living organisms, and they can wake up, grow and multiply," he said.

[BenLurkin]

[fishtank]

4,000 years from the Flood

[freedumb2003]

>>Microbes are among the earth’s simplest organisms, and some can live in extreme environments where more developed life forms cannot survive.<<

Nature invented the democrat party?

[EvilCapitalist]

Helen Thomas is being revived?

[ClearCase_guy]

>> COVID-20 has entered the chat

[blueunicorn6]

“Where more developed life forms cannot survive”

Oh.....like San Francisco.

[Regulator]

Oh Good

A Paleolithic pandemic when they escape

[LegendHasIt]

Anything that they can use at the Wuhan biowarfare labs?

[LegendHasIt]

You beat me to it!

[blueunicorn6]

“The microbes began to eat and multiply”

Just like my family reunion.

[blueunicorn6]

I guess maybe eat, get drunk, fight and multiply is closer to what happened at the reunion.

[Magnatron]

What could possibly go wrong?

[blueunicorn6]

My wife’s family reunion was more like eat, get drunk, fight, multiply and blow themselves up with fireworks.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks BenLurkin.

• Scientists Revive 100-Million-Year-Old Microbes Found Deep Below the Bottom of the Ocean

[EEGator]

Irish?

[knarf]

[Deplorable American1776]

Is one of them AOC's brain cell? 😋 Oops, I insulted those Microbes, since I believe they are smarter than AOC and most of the Dem leadership...

[D Rider]

Ok, so they are not really 100 million years old. That is just silly. Microbes are way too delicate. They are not 100 thousand years old, 1000 years old would push plausability.

[metmom]

What could possibly go wrong???