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At 09:43 PM 10/21/99 -0700, tgunther@co*.co* wrote: Hello Tod, > "It was more than 35 years ago that Lutz Kiesow told a gathering of >colleagues how he proposed to combat the bends -- by feeding bacteria to divers. [SNIP] >feet. Some of the pigs had been injected with 'Methanobrevibacter smithii,' a >hydrogen-consuming bacteria. Of this group, only half got the bends, compared >to nearly all the pigs not given the bacteria culture. [SNIP] > -----Source: "AQUA," November 1999, pg >22. > >Comments; thoughts; informed opinions? Interesting research. The approach would not work for Helium, however. Although the Noble gasses are very reluctant to form compounds of any kind, most will react with Fluorine (Fluorine can oxidize almost anything) under very extreme laboratory conditions. Xenon, with the most loosely bound outer shell electrons, will form hexafluoride, for example, but only reluctantly. Helium, however, is unique in that it will not form *any* compounds with anything under any conditions. Given that, a bacteria that can metabolize Helium would not be possible. -Mike Rodriguez <mikey@ma*.co*> Pn(x) = (1/(2^n)n!)[d/dx]^n(x^2 - 1)^n -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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