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Subject:	Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:10:10 GMT
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Mr L F Braun wrote: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes: > > (citing the Guardian) > > > ==+== > > > In May 1989, large-scale anthrax production began at a factory constructed > > > at Al Hakam. Unscom estimated that Al Hakam manufactured 8,425 litres of > > > anthrax bacteria during the course of 1990. > > > ==+== > > > > Thanks for the cite. Does anyone know if this stuff keeps for 10 years in > > powder form? Bacteria are quite resilient but 10 years is an aw'fly long time. > > The powder isn't bacteria. The powder is *spores*. And spores > keep a long, long, long time--live spores nearly 8,000 years old > have been pulled from ice cores in the last decade or so. At a California university researchers have uncovered living bacteria spores (encased in amber?) up to 135 millions years old. Incredible. -chris

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		Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan
(...) Wow. Like there aren't enough problems in the world already. Just what we need...dinosaur cooties. And I felt bad when they disinterred those Spanish Flu victims in '99... best LFB (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan
(...) Here's a link that indicates some people think they may be able to survive indefinitely (URL) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: A N T H R A X - they aren't making this stuff in caves in Afghanistan
(...) The powder isn't bacteria. The powder is spores. And spores keep a long, long, long time--live spores nearly 8,000 years old have been pulled from ice cores in the last decade or so. (...) Apparently it's possible to get small amounts of (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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