Bacterium from Mars

Description: radiodurans as many scientists are speculating that it has originated on Mars. It has been classified as a Gram-positive bacterium." The high energy of radioactive waves literally cut apart the double stranded molecule of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). These cuts occur in many places, effectively shattering the genome into many, very small fragments. is able to quickly reassemble the fragments in their correct order and then slice them back together. In contrast, bacteria such as Escherichia ...