In the Atlantis experiment, microbiologists at Arizona State University sent tubes with salmonella bacteria on a shuttle flight in September, 2006, to measure the effect space flight would have on a disease-causing microbe. They were shocked to discover that after a few days in orbit, the genetic pattern of the bacteria was changed. What returned was an even more virulent and dangerous form of salmonella.
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 15:03:03 +0000