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Mike Wehner
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Humans are filthy. No, I don't mean we bring garbage with us wherever we go, though we tend to do that as well, we're really just filthy creatures. We're covered in bacteria inside and out, but that's not a bad thing. The vast majority of bacteria on and inside of our bodies are beneficial and actually keep us alive and healthy. In fact, we bring so many different kinds of bacteria with us wherever we go that scientists are still finding new ones they've never seen before.
That appears to be what is happening on the International Space Station, where four strains of bacteria were just found on the orbiting laboratory that have never been found there before. One of them is already known to science but three of them are members of a completely new species, which is pretty exciting stuff. It's even more exciting that these bacteria appear to be really good at fighting plant pathogens, and that could come in handy if we ever want to grow plants on another planet, like Mars.
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Where did these new bacteria come from, and why are they on the ISS? originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 23:28:08 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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