Oh I am SO excited about the prospect of extra-terrestrial microbes it's UNREAL.
We already know that extremophiles/polyextremophiles prove that they can exist in the vacuum of space (looking at you specifically, tardigrades and Deinococcus radiodurans!!) so the possibility of microbes on other planets is so exciting and a bit scary!
YOOOOOO DEINOOCOCCUS RADIODURANS IS MY FAVORITE!!! HOW IT MANAGES TO SURVIVE RADIATION IS SO CLEVER AND COOL!!!! oh shit dude one of my quadrants of DNA copies is damaged by radiation that would normally fuck up any other living thing? No worries bro I got THREE MORE QUADRANTS OF BACK UP DNA FOR THE OCCASSION SO I CAN CONTINUE ON LIKE USUAL. NO SWEAT. And by the time those 3 back ups get damaged or whatever, the 1st one is already healed up and ready to go and the cycle renews. LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!!!
(if I got anything wrong, my bad. Its all from memory from when I took microbiology)
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Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2023-07-23 09:29 am (UTC)(link)life has many doors ed boy
i look forward to seeing how weird it gets as we improve at space exploration
Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2023-07-23 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)Oh I am SO excited about the prospect of extra-terrestrial microbes it's UNREAL.
We already know that extremophiles/polyextremophiles prove that they can exist in the vacuum of space (looking at you specifically, tardigrades and Deinococcus radiodurans!!) so the possibility of microbes on other planets is so exciting and a bit scary!
Re: OT Thread
(Anonymous) 2023-07-24 12:16 am (UTC)(link)(if I got anything wrong, my bad. Its all from memory from when I took microbiology)