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32,000-year-old bacteria found in Alaska.(UPI Science Report)

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| February 28, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2004 United Press International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Feb. 28 (UPI) -- NASA researchers have obtained 32,000-year old bacteria from Alaskan permafrost that came back to life when thawed.

The bacterium, named Carnobacterium pleistocenium, was recovered in a frozen pond exposed in the side of a tunnel dug through Pleistocene-era ice by the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.

Dr. Richard B. Hoover, a biologist at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, said he noticed a discolored patch in a layer that froze 32,000 years ago. Back at his laboratory, Dr. Hoover and colleague Dr. Elena Pikuta noticed the bacteria that …

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