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Science 3 March 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5458, pp. 1580 - 1583
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5458.1580a
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AAAS MEETING:
Going Deep for an Unearthly Microbe

Elizabeth Pennisi

WASHINGTON, D.C.--At the American Association for the Advancement of Science's annual meeting, held here 17 to 22 February, scientists reported recovering a versatile microbe from the scalding fluid ejected during a submarine eruption. The discoverers think the bug is a potential model for extraterrestrial life and therefore plan to name it Saganella in honor of the late astronomer Carl Sagan.

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