Antarctic Microbes Handle Mars-Like Conditions- November 2, 2006 Lab experiments with primitive microbes taken from an Antarctic lake have shown that the hardy single-celled organisms can tolerate at least the warmest of the frigid temperatures found on Mars. And they found that these species of microorganisms "huddled" together in colder temperatures to form a chemically linked unit called a biofilm. The finding marks the first time this phenomenon has been detected in the Antarctic species of so-called extremophiles. The findings provide more evidence.http://www.marsnews.com/archives/2006/11/02/antarctic_microbes_handle_marslike_conditions.... |