The basic concept that maybe some of this bacteria might be from outer space doesn't bother me. What is space anyway? We're always there. What got me was this paragraph:
Still, he noted that less than 1 percent of all the world's bacteria had been comprehensively studied – leaving plenty of room for scientists to find surprises in Earth's nooks and crannies.Someone in the article notes that "less than 1 perfect of all the world's bacteria had been comprehensively studied." What? Less than 1 percent? That's about nothing. That means you get a job as a bacteriologist and you have a job for life, if you can stand to be around bacteria.
That is wild. I tend to think everything's pretty much well in hand as far as discoveries go and what there is left to find. But it looks like we have more bacteria than we know what to do with. Someone needs to get busy!
