La Altagracia, Dominican Republic.- A team of scientists and divers of the Dominican Republic Speleogy Society (DRSS) found a bacterium, until now “unknown,” in the depths of a cave in the country’s eastern region, listin.com.do reports.
The bacterium was found 40 feet deep in the spring El Toro and is scattered in the walls of the cave, according to team leader Jennifer Macalady and the divers Kenny Broad and Brian Kakuk. Also by Cristian Pittaro, Dave Pratt, Robert Wurm, Victoria Alexandrova and Phillip Lehman, members the DRSS, that worked by seven days analyzing several caves the zone this and Santo Domingo.
The news source said NASA’s Astrobiology Institute and DRSS financed the expedition.
Study
University of Pennsylvania astrobiologist Jennifer Macalady chemically verified that the water is in the El Toro cave is different from others in the East region and Santo Domingo.
“The water’s chemical components are different from the other caves that I analyzed. The water in El Toro doesn’t have much oxygen in the surface and is totally absent in the deep part,” said Macalady, who has conducted research with NASA’s support.
Written by: BLANCO, 21 Feb 2011 9:14 AM
From: Dominican Republic
The water in El Toro doesn’t have much oxygen in the surface and is totally absent in the deep part,”
I AM SURE that if she travels to higuey she will find the missing oxygen in that area,You can bet that if anything is missing in that area it has been stolen!!!!!!!!!!!
hey a little humor to start the day!!!!!!
Written by: Atabey, 21 Feb 2011 9:50 AM
From: United States, NYC
"A team of scientists and divers of the Dominican Republic Speleogy Society (DRSS) found a bacterium, until know “unknown,” in the depths of a cave in the country’s eastern region, listin.com.do reports. "
"until know “unknown,”
Who's writing this stuff, Donald Rumsfeld?
From: United States, NJ (M_ S Cibaeno 100%)
That's the Haitian bacteria, that's not a mystery they're everywhere. Lol.
Written by: curlando, 21 Feb 2011 12:21 PM
From: United States, Bronx
Only in DR.
Written by: Helen, 21 Feb 2011 1:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Nagua
"The water in El Toro doesn’t have much oxygen in the surface and is totally absent in the deep part"
OK, I may be being thick here - but I thought water was made up of H2O (Hydrogen and Oxygen) - how can there possibly be no oxygen in the water? I'll bet it's a cave of Brugal they're diving........
Written by: Perez, 21 Feb 2011 6:38 PM
From: Dominican Republic
@BLANCO, LOL!!! you're crazy!
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion
Wow what a bunch of dumb asses????
That cave is part of an underground Valcano.......
N ASS A
Written by: Helen, 21 Feb 2011 7:57 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Nagua
@ N ASS A - and? If you're going call us dumb asses, the least you could do is educate us - this maybe the DR which we all know lacks education...... enlightening others is obviously not an art you possess.... Forgive my ignorance, however, I was not aware that the basic chemistry of water (H20) is any different in a volcanic environment than any other - that it may differ in other chemical substances, I'm willing to go along with. Water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen - I'd just like to know how there is so little oxygen lower down - 'totally absent' are the words used. Btw - I read no reference to the cave being part of an underground volcano - forgive my ignorance again but I thought all volcanos emminated from underground - silly me! You seem to know more than us on this issue - be nice and give us some proper details please - TY
From: Dominican Republic, vieja Santo Domingo
is this april fools day with this article ,,this is probably the worst I have seen here
Written by: Tommy, 22 Feb 2011 12:09 PM
From: Canada, Northern Ontario
So, let me get this straight.....
At the bottom of this cave we have pure nitrogen????
This is dangerous, si??
Have a good day & be very careful!
Tommy.
From: United States
maybe some guys in the area are using the cave to dump their styrofoam containers and plastic cups. i can see all manner of strange organisms emanating from such areas.
From: United States
What she means is that the cave water has little or no *dissolved* oxygen, pure O2 gas. Which is another type of molecule very different from water (H20)
So probably, the bacteria mentioned in the article does not use oxygen to live and reproduce, but another molecule, like methane or sulfur.
From: United States, words of wisdom from the nutcracker
the bacteria they found in that cave could be something they have never seen before, either that or there planning another underground mad expreriment area 51 , rosewell , sea aliens something something?????
From: Dominican Republic
What concerns me more that confirmation of life species (bacteria) that survives without oxygen (baffling and perplexing as it is), what the HECK was NASA doing in the D.R. looking in caves,.....wasn't bin Laden they were searching for...... and I'm assuming the bacteria didn't trigger flight alarms :)
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I AM SURE that if she travels to higuey she will find the missing oxygen in that area,You can bet that if anything is missing in that area it has been stolen!!!!!!!!!!!
hey a little humor to start the day!!!!!!
"until know “unknown,”
Who's writing this stuff, Donald Rumsfeld?
OK, I may be being thick here - but I thought water was made up of H2O (Hydrogen and Oxygen) - how can there possibly be no oxygen in the water? I'll bet it's a cave of Brugal they're diving........
Wow what a bunch of dumb asses????
That cave is part of an underground Valcano.......
N ASS A
At the bottom of this cave we have pure nitrogen????
This is dangerous, si??
Have a good day & be very careful!
Tommy.
So probably, the bacteria mentioned in the article does not use oxygen to live and reproduce, but another molecule, like methane or sulfur.