Oldest living bacteria

According to Official Guinness Records,

Bacteria trapped in suspended animation inside salt crystals for 250 million years have been revived and cultured by US scientists. Designated Bacillus 2-9-3, this species is ten times older than the previous oldest revived bacteria. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_978000/978774.stm http://www.wcupa.edu/%5Facademics/sch%5Fcas.bio/faculty/russ/russ.htm

For a complete list of 2000 records, please visit 2000 Guinness Records in United States.

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