Analysis: Latest bacteria and microbiology news

From: Talk of the Nation Science Friday (NPR) | Date: October 27, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Analysis: Latest bacteria and microbiology news

Host: IRA FLATOW Time: 2:00-3:00 PM

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This is TALK OF THE NATION/SCIENCE FRIDAY. I'm Ira Flatow.

Until recently, scientists thought the oldest living creature on Earth was a 25 million-year-old bacterium preserved in amber. But last week in the journal Nature, scientists from West Chester University in Pennsylvania reported the discovery of bacteria 10 times older than that. They believe these bacteria inhabited the Earth some 250 million years ago, a time even before the dinosaurs, a time when a single ...

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