[ExI] Fungus uses gamma-rays as an energy source

[Amara Graps]

A news item last week that has *interesting* astrobiological implications-

A fungus that was found inside the Chernobyl reactor sarcophagus
apparently uses gamma rays as an energy source.

Discussed further at these blogs:
http://unitedcats.wordpress.com/2007/05/29/major-biological-discoveryinside-the-chernobyl-reactor/

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070422222547data_trunc_sys.shtml

Amara
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Amara Graps, PhD      www.amara.com
Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Boulder, Colorado