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Nature 411, 229 (17 May 2001) | doi:10.1038/35077295
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Professor of Microscopy (W2)
- Friedrich-Schiller-University
- Jena Germany
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19111
Resuscitated 'alien' microbes stir up an Italian storm
Alison Abbott
Two Naples scientists claim to have found extraterrestrial bacteria in ancient rocks and meteorites from one of the city's museums. Italy's national academy of sciences, the Accademia dei Lincei, agreed to publish the controversial result after a heated debate on 11 May.
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