Speak for yourself. You have no idea what kind of terrestrial egosystem I
can inhabit. :-) I didn't mean to suggest we worry about them
contaminating our flasks. I just thought it would be amusing to anyone
preparing agar for flasking to contemplate that there is stuff on this
planet that would actually like to live in an autoclave. But you knew
that. What I was wondering while I read the article, and what it didn't
mention, was how long the microbe would live in "our" environment.

Al
tongue in cheek, foot in mouth, head in clouds, nose in air, mind in gutter
orchids in greenhouse

"Ted Byers" wrote in message
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vents. It is therefore highly unlikely to be present in any terrestrial
ecosystem we can inhabit, and therefore unlikely to be a contaminant to be
of concern to flaskers and autoclavers.