Cyano

[Seamazter]

No wonder its so hard to kill cyano bacteria.
http://news.discovery.com/space/record-breaking-microbial-star-trekkers.html
This is blue/green not the red that plagues so many reef tanks, but it sure is tough.

[ALang]

Wow, thank for sharing!

[o.c.d.]

We never actually kill it, cyno is always present we only control the triggers for mass outbreaks. That's why using erythromycin antibiotic (slime remover) is not a goo idea. Resistant strains can develop then super cyno problem

[Seamazter]

It grew once in a sterile 2.5 gallon of mine.
Filled with ro/di water that was microwaved for 7 minutes.
About 3 weeks later with the lights on 24/7 it grew red cyano.
Seriously how did it get in there.
Regardless it sure is tough to cruise outerspace and come back alive.

[reefwars]

If there's one thing nature Teaches us it's that life finds a way , always may not be what we expect or want but it all has it's purpose somewhere. How else would the world be as old as it is.

On a different nite I find cyano makes a great garden salad sprinkled with some pamason cheese and crab bits:) seriously though don't do this:)

[Namnuta]

Thanks for sharing. One thing that didn't make sense in the article. The researcher says "Unfortunately for panspermists, Olssen-Francis says this is an unlikely scenario for cyanobacteria.

While cyanobacteria could theoretically survive a meteoroid ride through space, they would probably burn up while entering a planet's atmosphere."

But if cyano maybe responsible for the helping of generating oxygen, and helping create the atmosphere; then there initially is no atmosphere. Hence, the bacteria would not burn up, since there would be no friction in the space its traveling in.

[Seamazter]

Good point.
There may be non oxygen atmospheres too tho.