Felisa Wolfe-Simon
Dec. 03, 2010
Life, But Not As We Know It
Researchers report that they've found a strain of bacteria that can swap arsenic for the element phosphorus in its metabolism -- even incorporating arsenic into its DNA.
astrobiology, exobiology, bacteria, life, arsenic
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