34 000 year old bacteria found alive entombed in salt.

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34 000 year old bacteria found alive entombed in salt.

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Living bacteria have been found in ancient salt crystals, dug up from deep below Death Valley. Impressive!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/201 ... uriedalive
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The title of this subject sounds like the salt shaker I had before I got married...
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Selezen wrote:
The title of this subject sounds like the salt shaker I had before I got married...
No details, please. :roll:
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Re: 34 000 year old bacteria found alive entombed in salt.

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"Thankfully this story doesn't end with the destruction of the human race, "

heh heh heh
...yet.
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