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Old 27-March-2008, 06:39 PM
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True, but the fact is, bacteria can spore up and go into sleep mode almost indefinitely.

250-million-year-old bacteria revived in a laboratory
Wow, pretty impressive! Does it say what methods were used to revive it? I'd be very interested to know if those conditions can exist in nature. And of course, if a stomach-dwelling bacterium could survive the ocnditions on another planet.
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