NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical Image of Mono Lake Research area Click photo for larger image. Felisa Wolfe-Simon processing mud from Mono Lake to inoculate media to grow microbes on arsenic. Image Credit: Henry Bortman Click photo for larger image. Image of GFAJ-1 grown on arsenic. Image Credit: Jodi Switzer Blum Click photo for larger image. Image of GFAJ-1 grown on