There's more detailed information in _Science_, Vol. 268, May 19, 1995, on
pages 977 (news article) and 1060 (the actual report).
 
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Subject: Ancient bee bacteria
From:    SMTP.BEEL1 at ROHMAIL
Date:    5/26/95  12:29 PM
 
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A bacteria that hibernated as a spore for  at  least  25  million
years  is  awake and thriving after researchers recovered it from
the gut of a bee that had been preserved in amber.
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