From: Gina Miller (nanogirl@halcyon.com)
Date: Thu Oct 19 2000 - 22:05:30 MDT
Eternal life--
The resurrection of a bacterium after 250 million years in salt suggests it
may be immortal A Lazarus bacterium which thrived millions of years before
dinosaurs walked the Earth has been brought back to life. Biologists are
astonished that the 250-million-year-old bug could be revived. It suggests
that if conditions are right, bacterial spores might survive indefinitely.
http://www.newscientist.com/dailynews/news.jsp?id=ns999982
Pretty kewl...
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
Nanotechnology Industries
http://www.nanoindustries.com
Personal: http://www.nanogirl.com
nanogirl@halcyon.com
"Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."
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