Trent J D, Chastain R A, Yayanos A A
Nature. 1984;307(5953):737-40. doi: 10.1038/307737a0.
Baross and Deming reported that thermophilic marine bacteria isolated from the vicinity of a submarine hot-spring grow at temperatures up to at least 250 degrees C. They did not, however, conduct the appropriate control experiments to eliminate the possibilities of chemical artefacts or contamination. Here, in experiments using the same growth medium, the same temperature and pressure apparatus and the same sampling and analytical procedures, we report results nearly identical to theirs. We conclude that their evidence indicating bacterial growth at 250 degrees C may be due to artefacts produced in the medium and to contaminants introduced during sample processing.
巴罗斯和戴明报告称，从海底温泉附近分离出的嗜热海洋细菌能在高达至少250摄氏度的温度下生长。然而，他们并未进行适当的对照实验以排除化学假象或污染的可能性。在此，我们使用相同的生长培养基、相同的温度和压力设备以及相同的采样和分析程序进行实验，报告了与他们几乎相同的结果。我们得出结论，他们表明细菌在250摄氏度下生长的证据可能是由于培养基中产生的假象以及样品处理过程中引入的污染物。
