tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4995212223245699242024-03-08T14:51:06.333-08:00Horton Science ReviewScience, Microbiology, Research, Bioengineering, Evolution and Intelligent Design.S. A. Hortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10705285418111288268noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-499521222324569924.post-91527213089030499112010-12-04T16:16:00.000-08:002010-12-04T17:47:19.887-08:00Arsenic Possible Phosphorus Replacement in DNAA team looking at organisms grown in harsh environments such as Lake Mono released new findings about a bacterium that has utilized arsenic in place of phosphorus. Rachel Ehrenburg of Science News reviews the findings. You can find information about these findings at<span style="color: red;"> </span><b style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/66953/title/Bacterium_grows_with_arsenic">http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/66953/title/Bacterium_grows_with_arsenic</a></b><br />
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</div><div class="content_summary print">The news media is really exploring questions about how this may impact our belief that life may be able to exist on other plants with harsh environments. Currently there are a few research projects out there that have made heads turn such as the bio engineered Mycoplasma genitalium. "<span class="date">ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2008)</span> — A team of 17 researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has created the largest man-made DNA structure by synthesizing and assembling the 582,970 base pair genome of a bacterium, Mycoplasma genitalium JCVI-1.0. This work, published online today in the journal Science by Dan Gibson, Ph.D., et al, is the second of three key steps toward the team’s goal of creating a fully synthetic organism. In the next step, which is ongoing at the JCVI, the team will attempt to create a living bacterial cell based entirely on the synthetically made genome."</div><div class="content_summary print"></div><div class="content_summary print"></div><div class="content_summary print">Questions that I am contemplating:</div><div class="content_summary print"> Is the bacterium found in mono lake replacing the phosphate with Arsenic? If the answer is yes then would it be possible to create a man made bacteria using Arsenic in place of the phosphate within in the DNA?</div><div class="content_summary print"><br />
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