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Great Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1

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Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth found the previously-undiscovered microorganisms hiding in the tar-like goo oozing out of a research vessel’s rudder shaft.

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Great Lakes scientists discover new lifeform microbe, name it ShipGoo1

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Duluth found the previously-undiscovered microorganisms hiding in the tar-like goo oozing out of a research vessel’s rudder shaft.

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Amazement Among Researchers After Discovering 26 Unknown Species in a Clean Nasa Room

Dozens of unknown species of extremophilic bacteria were hiding in a clean room of NASA used to house the Phoenix mission before its launch to Mars 17 years ago. According to a new study, some of these resistant microbes could survive the space vacuum. However, there is no evidence that the spacecraft or Mars were contaminated. NASA’s Phoenix landing module landed on the Red Planet on May 25, 2008 and spent 161 days (156 Martian days) collecting…

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New species discovered by UMD's Blue Heron — in the ship itself - Great Lakes Commission

‘Ship goo’ was found oozing out of a University of Minnesota Duluth research vessel’s rudder shaft. DNA sequencing revealed it was a previously unknown microbe species. It seems to thrive […]

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