Alas

[plutherus]

While there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far away, amongst the stars, it doesn't look like this one is legitimate.

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/03/did_scientists_discover_bacter.php

I'm still looking into it - but so far:
1. He's got some really good points in that article.
2. He's PZ Myers.

So, perhaps this is not the life we're looking for. Still looking forward to the findings from our other probes, though.

As they say at SETI, we'll find it any decade now...