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You don't think that the discovery of the first organism to use a different element than phosphorous is a big deal? Cynicism is cool and all that, but this sur
by jaysonelliot 16y ago
You don't think that the discovery of the first organism to use a different element than phosphorous is a big deal?
Cynicism is cool and all that, but this sure sounds like big news to me.
- sandipc 16y agoit's a really big deal... provided the arsenic is actually incorporated into nucleic acids, and the bacteria aren't just surviving on background levels of phosphate. it will be interesting to read the original paper when it comes out in Science later today, and not just accounts of the paper from other sources
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- dnautics 16y ago*you don't think the discovery of the first organism to use a different element than sulfur was a big deal? Oh wait, we all do it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenocysteine http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenocysteine
- dotBen 16y agoit would be a much bigger deal if that element was a replacement for carbon :P