Alternative Post #1

In 2013, some researchers revived a plant that had been buried under ice for 400 years.  The resilience of these bryophytes amazed the researchers who found this plant.  This article discusses how these resilient plants could be important plants to consider planting on Mars.  The article points out that the plants of real interest would be those that are important for the ecosystem.  I think this finding is amazing.  This semester, I have been taking Microbiology in addition to this class, and we discussed endospores.  Endospores are unique to a few genera of bacteria.  The endospores can withstand harsh conditions (temperature, air, etc.) which leads to the growth of bacteria after the viable bacteria had been killed with the conditions.  This revival of a plant reminds me of the endospores found in a few bacteria.  Like these plants, the bacteria with endospores are important to study for many different reasons.