Scientists have found microbes that may indicate the existence of life on Mars

2018-03-03 10:22

Scientists have found microbes that may indicate the existence of life on Mars
Scientists have discovered microbes, which for decades were in a state of rest. Without water they came in something like a state of incredibly deep sleep before it rains, and has forced them to Wake up.

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These are found the germs lived in the most arid part of the Atacama desert in South America. However, scientists believe that similar life forms can lie on the surface of Mars.

Researchers at the University of Washington, USA, took soil samples from six different places of the Atacama desert between 2015 and 2017.

Scientists had previously found in the desert microbes, but didn’t know they come from there or were brought by the wind. The answer came after extremely heavy rain caused a rapid biological activity.

Genetic tests found local species of bacteria that have adapted to life in a hostile environment.

Re-travel to the Attacks in 2016 and 2017 showed that the drying of the soil, the same microbes are gradually returning to the resting state.

Scientists were able to identify a permanent form of life that exists in the soil Attacks. They believe that these microbial communities for hundreds or even thousands of years can be at rest in conditions very similar to those that exist on Mars, and then, with the advent of the rains, to come back to life.

Billions of years ago, Mars had lakes and oceans, where he could flourish early forms of life. As the planet became dry and colder, Martian microbes could survive in the same way as their earthly counterparts in the Region, scientists say.