Fw: OBRL - Nannobacteria - Another Word for Bions?
Jim Shaffer, Jr. ( (no email) )
Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:12:07 -0500
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> From: "Serge Avila" <sergea@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Nannobacteria - Another Word for Bions?
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> (Original article has photos, not reproduced here)
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_300000/300949.stm
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> Do nanobacteria rule Earth and Mars?
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> Are these the nanobacteria that rule the Earth?
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> By BBC News Online Science Editor Dr David Whitehouse
> The most common form of life on Earth may be tiny forms of bacteria, if
> new research in Australia is confirmed.
>
> And right now they might be living on Mars, as well as in Earth rocks and
> even inside your body.
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> A geologist from the University of Queensland claims to have found minute
> multiplying under her microscope. These would be the first breeding
> "nanobacteria" identified.
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> The nanobacteria grow on minerals
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> Philippa Uwins has revealed that tiny filaments in sea-floor mineral
> samples multiplied. She was looking at a clay mineral called illite, which
> has submicroscopic fibres.
>
> But then a colleague noticed what appeared to be fungus growing on the
> samples. She went back to her slides and saw spore-like structures that
> reminded her of germinating bacteria.
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> Tests are now underway to try to get DNA out of the nanobacteria.
>
> Dr Uwins does not like the word 'nanobacteria' because she doesn't know the
> evolutionary development of her discoveries. She has called the organisms
> 'nanobes'.
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> The supposed nanomicrobe in the Mars rock
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> The existence of nanobacteria has been suggested for over 10 years. They
> were one of the lines of evidence used by Nasa scientists to claim that
> tiny structures in a Martian rock were fossil bacteria.
>
> Nanobacteria are far smaller than any known bacterium. Indeed, many
> microbiologists believe they are smaller than the minimum possible size for
> a living cell.
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> Some scientists argue that these tiny structures were formed by geological
> processes, not biological ones. They pointed out that there was no evidence
> for life forms only 10% of the size of the smallest known microbes on
> Earth.
>
> But there are scientists who have claimed numerous examples of nanobacteria
> on Earth. Foremost among them was Dr Robert Folk of the University of
> Texas.
>
> Nanobacteria everywhere
>
> After looking at mineral deposits near volcanoes he claimed, many years
> before the Nasa announcement, to have identified bacteria very much smaller
> than hitherto seen.
>
> He believes that such bacteria form the bulk of living things on Earth and
> may be responsible for the rusting of metal and the 'greening' of copper.
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> The NASA team picked up Folk's work when describing the tube-shaped forms
> they saw in the Martian meteorite as "similar in size and shape to
> nanobacteria".
>
> But why have nanobacteria escaped biologists' notice if they are so abundant?
>
> Robert Folk believes that the minuscule creatures have simply eluded the
> conventional tools used to study bacteria.
>
> Inside you
>
> Other research suggests that nanobacteria may have direct effects on
> humans. They may cause kidney stones
>
> Possible nanobacteria found in limestone
> Scientists in Finland claim to have detected them in kidney stones and
> harmful calcium deposits elsewhere in the body.
>
> A team from the University of Kuopio say that analyses of 30 human
> kidney-stone specimens has revealed that all of them contained
> nanobacteria.
>
> The researchers show that nanobacteria grown in the laboratory produce
> calcium phosphate formations, much like those found in kidney, gall, and
> bladder stones.
>
> Since they have found that nanobacteria can be grown in a mixture similar
> to filtered urine, they may provide valuable information for studying and
> treating kidney stones.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_300000/300949.stm
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