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Comment on “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus”
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Wolfe-Simon et al. (Research Articles, 3 June 2011, p. 1163; published online 2 December 2010) reported the discovery of an unusual bacterium, strain GFAJ-1, that can grow in the presence of high concentrations of arsenate. The authors' contention, however, that this microbe can appreciably vary the elemental composition of its fundamental biomolecules by substituting arsenic for phosphorus appears premature based on the data presented.
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The claims that a bacterium could substitute arsenic for phosphorus in its DNA have been largely rejected by the scientific community as not proven by the evidence presented.
“These claims have been largely rejected by the scientific community, which has generally concluded that they are not proven by the evidence presented in the paper (Benner, 2011; Borhani, 2011; Cotner and Hall, 2011; Csabai and Szathmáry, 2011; Foster, 2011; Oehler, 2011; Redfield, 2011; Schoepp-Cothenet et al., 2011; Erb et al., 2012; Reaves et al., 2012).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Borhani, D. W.
- Affiliations
- Hartsdale, NY 10530, USA.
- Corresponding author
- Borhani, David W.
- ORCID
- Borhani, David W.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2011-06-03
- Volume
- 332
- Issue
- 6034
- Pages
- 1149-1149
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W4238613921
- Cited by
- 25
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Arsenic contamination and mitigation
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Origins and Evolution of Life
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- arsenate, bacterial growth
- MeSH terms
- Arsenates, Arsenic, Culture Media, DNA, Bacterial, Phosphates, Phosphorus, Halomonadaceae
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