On Mon, 09 Dec 1996 04:11:03 -0600, JJF at novo.dk wrote:
>Is there anyone, who knows, how long resting micro-organism (also spores)
>can survive in deep surfaces layers? Is it possible to isolate "old"
>bacteria species from drilling core samples dating back thousands or even
>millions of years? And last not least is it possible to revive them on
>agar plates?
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I belive the oldest living organism is considered to be E. cloaca,
carbon dated at over 12,000 years. It was isolated from a mastadont
dug up in Burning Tree Golf Course in Ohio (I forget the town). I
began my undergraduate at Ohio Wesleyan University shortly after it
was discovered.
