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The 500-year study into the lifespan of microbes
Bacteria can live for several thousands of years. But a team of researchers want to discover how the micro-organisms eventually die. The study is meant to continue until 2514. British scientist Charles Cockell has told 大象传媒 Newsday how the experiment is being conducted.
(Picture: A Colony of E. coli cells are at a biology lab.Credit: Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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