Muons penetrate much further than X-rays, they do essentially zero damage, and they are provided for free by the cosmos.
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APPLIED BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. For the article “Phylogenetic and biochemical evidence for sterol synthesis in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus,” by Ann Pearson, Meytal Budin, and Jochen J. Brocks, which appeared in issue 26, December 23, 2003, of Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (100, 15352-15357; first published December 5, 2003; 10.1073/pnas.2536559100), the authors note that the following statement should be added to the acknowledgements: “Preliminary sequence data were obtained from The Institute for Genomic Research web site at www.tigr.org. Sequencing of Gemmata obscuriglobus was accomplished with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.”
Correction for Pearson et al., Phylogenetic and biochemical evidence for sterol synthesis in the bacterium Gemmata obscuriglobus, PNAS 2003 100:15352-15357
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