[Terrapreta] Soil bugs & extraterrestials?

[Michael Bailes]

For years Kral has studied methanogens, ancient microorganisms from the
biological domain Archaea, as potential candidates for what life might look
like on Mars.
"Methane Production on Rock and Soil Substrates by Methanogens: Implications
for Life on Mars." (Session 184/N, Paper N-160)
http://www.dentalplans.com/articles/18360/
http://www.marstoday.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22816
New petroleum-degrading bacteria found at Rancho La Brea Tar Pits in Los
Angeles 14.05.2007Bacteria inhabiting the tar pits live on substances
contained in asphalt, say UC Riverside environmental scientists
http://www.in
novations-report.de/html/berichte/umwelt_naturschutz/bericht-84321.html
All natural soils contain vast populations of microscopic plants and animals
present in a state of dynamic
equilibrium and changing balances. It has been estimated that within the top
one to three feet of soil as much
as 17,000 lbs. fungi and 40 lbs. bacteria exist per acre.
http://www.soilandplantlaboratory.com/pdf/articles/BeneficialSoilMicrobes.pdf

New Rochelle, May 15, 2007 - Researchers exploring the possibility of
> finding life forms on Mars can look to diverse populations of microorganisms
> found to be living in a similar environment underneath the Antarctic polar
> ice cap, as described in the April issue (Volume 7, Number 2) of *
> Astrobiology*, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
> The paper is available free online at www.liebertpub.com/ast.


http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=22643

-- 
michael
(always peccable, sometimes sapient)
"You can fix all the world's problems in a garden. . . .
Most people don't know that"
FROM
http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/permaculture.swf
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