Discusses a research study undertaken at Mono Lake in California, known for its extreme salty conditions, which supports unusual life forms. Scientists found that a bacterium could survive using arsenic instead of phosphorus, contradicting everything known about the essential elements needed for life.

Concepts

characteristics of life

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Additional Tags

essential elements, essential elements for life, life and arsenic, chnops, mono lake, bacteria gfaj-1

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)