[meteorite-list] Italian Researchers Find Traces Of Life In

From: Matteo Chinellato <mcomemeteorite2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:46:23 2004
Message-ID: <20010512045319.29846.qmail_at_web10303.mail.yahoo.com>

Hello all

I have ask to one of the two professor's have find the
" bacteria " the name of the meteorite where is found
this, but for the moment I no have received
answer...is strange the mistery...here in Italy many
is the hesitancy.
Regards

Matteo

--- Ron Baalke <baalke_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov> ha
scritto: > >
> > This Discovery article seems to add just a wee bit
> more to the Italian
> > newspaper report posted to the list yesterday:
> >
> >
>
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20010507/bacteria.html
> >
>
> Thanks for the reference. Note this line:
>
> "Disputing critics who suggested that the
> meteorites were contaminated with
> terrestrial microorganisms, Bignami added that
> the bacteria came back to
> life after the samples were sterilized at 950
> degrees Celsius and doused in
> alcohol."
>
> If bacteria came to life after the samples were
> sterilized, then it sounds like to me
> the samples weren't properly sterilized.
>
> Also, they still haven't mentioned which meteorite
> they're looking at.
>
> Ron Baalke
>
>
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