事件：路易斯·巴斯德(要庆祝巴斯德)因发现微生物衰变而闻名(藏匿了许多个世纪的失去的东西被找回来了)。

What happened: Louis Pasteur (Pasteur will be celebrated) is credited with discovering microbial decay (lost thing is discovered, hidden for many centuries).

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“这些生物从一个我们从未想到的来源获取能量，”McKay惊叹，“南非的极端微生物细菌吃的是岩石里不稳定原子衰变时的放射能。”

"These creatures get their energy from sources we never imagined," McKay exclaims. "the South African extremophile bacteria are powered by the radioactive decay of unstable atoms in the rocks."

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在衰变周期的特殊的点上每一种不同的供养方式，会产生从2 - 100中不同的生物酶。

Each specializes in feeding at specific points in the cycle of decay, and can have anywhere from two to 100 different enzymes.

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