They discover a bacterium that lives to 60º of temperature

It seems that one of the incognitos at the time of considering the possibility of life in other planets has been sprightly thanks to the discovery of a bacterium in a mine to 3 km of depth and 60 degrees of temperature.

The denominated Bacterium of the Earth center is able to live on independent form, without the necessity of the solar light nor to feed other alive beings.

“Now that we have the test of the existence of an organism like this, he is exciting, until in a philosophical sense, knowledge that all the necessary one for the life is packaging within a single genome “, it affirmed Dylan Chivian, author of the discovery that has been published in the Science magazine.

The bacterium of Desulforudis name audaxviatorfue found in the gold mine of Mponeng, near Johannesburg (South Africa).

The scientists affirm that the Desulforudis can live without the necessity of no other form of life and that it can do it to great temperatures.

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