Efforts to find ET gains momentum with new technique that detects microbial movement
by Clarence Oxford
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2025
The search for life beyond Earth is among the most ambitious scientific quests. One promising method is to locate motile microorganisms, capable of self-propelled movement, which serves as a strong biological indicator. If such movement is driven by a specific chemical, it is referred to as chemotaxis.
A team of German researchers has now introduced a new and simplified technique to stimulate chemotactic motion in some of Earth’s tiniest organisms. Their findings have been published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences.
“We examined three different microbes-two bacterial species and one archaeon-and…