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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Almost all life on Earth.
Don't forget about those crazy bacteria in that lake in California.
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Not really no, when they analyzed the DNA of that bacteria it fits within a known order. Those bacteria still contain phosphorous and while they've developed the ability to use arsenic in place of phosphorous, they can still use phosphorous and actually grow better with it vs. arsenic.
So it's not a parallel tree of life, that was just an over-enthusiastic view of the research.
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/12/44062/
http://rrresearch.blogspot.com/2010/...ria-nasas.html