The Environment News Service reports on frozen microbes: they weren't infectious, but bacteria unearthed from the Alaskan tundra five years ago came to life in the lab after 32,000 years at -4° Celsius. It's taken the past five years to prove that it's a new species.
Commenters at Slashdot note that bacteria have been revived after 25 million years.
Thursday, February 24, 2005
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