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"It is a real mystery how these creatures are able to live without oxygen because until now we thought only bacteria could do this."
Lisa Levin, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wrote in the journal BMC Biology that further research into animals that can live without oxygen could help scientists examining the possibility of alien life existing on other planets.
Originally posted by gemineye
I love it when something like this comes along and blows the minds of scientists. Really does make you wonder what else is out there!
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
Originally posted by gemineye
I love it when something like this comes along and blows the minds of scientists. Really does make you wonder what else is out there!
ISnt it great when almighty science is struck down by new discoveries
I've always thought it pompous of the human race to think that everything is figured out, because it is true in some lab here on earth. Discoveries like this that rewrite the books fascinate me all the time.
Now if I can just disprove gravity...
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
reply to post by hypervalentiodine
Thank you for your response, and every point you have made is quite true, I like to needle the scientific community a bit, but you are right...
What are your thoughts on the implications of multicellular anerobic organisms of off planet life?
Side question....forgive my ignorance of scientific processes, but would this organism create energy through a cellular respiration process,, and wouldnt this process be a lot less effective that the normal creation of ATP?
Originally posted by hypervalentiodine
I do not think that they would undergo cellular respiration to generate ATP, since it requires oxygen. They may use the fermentation process, though I would only be speculating.
Originally posted by youdidntseeme
Originally posted by hypervalentiodine
I do not think that they would undergo cellular respiration to generate ATP, since it requires oxygen. They may use the fermentation process, though I would only be speculating.
Fermentation....my mistake...been awhile since my bio courses
and to think I once taught it too :embarrassed: