News-Bot Posted December 18, 2002 #1 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Microbes collected from the edge of space have been brought back to life in the lab. This enabled the high-flying organisms to be identified, almost two years after they were found in air samples collected by a weather balloon cruising at 41,000 metres (135,000 feet) over southern India. The two species of bacteria (B. simplex, S. pasteuri) and one fungus (E. albus) are similar to common ground-dwelling microbes which lurk in soil and vegetation, says Milton Wainwright of the University of Sheffield, UK, who worked out how to culture the cells. How the bugs got there is not known, but there are three possibilities: they were carried up on winds, they sneaked into the samples on Earth or they have flown through space and are aliens making their way down to our planet. [ Click Here To View The Complete Article ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 19, 2002 #2 Share Posted December 19, 2002 they have flown through space and are aliens making their way down to our planet. We're being invaded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarro Posted December 19, 2002 #3 Share Posted December 19, 2002 im sure there are scarier fungi and bacteria on your body, Homer, than the ones coming from space Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo_Jones Posted December 19, 2002 #4 Share Posted December 19, 2002 Lol at DSchwartz I have Friendly Bacteria in my body, according to the lable on my Yogurt drink And definetly no nasty Fungi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted December 19, 2002 #5 Share Posted December 19, 2002 @ DSchwartz Perhaps you're right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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