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How old are bacteria from the Permian age?

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Hazen and Roedder touch on several geological issues raised by our limited description of the Permian Salado Formation. In our study, we sampled coarse halite in dissolution pipes for testing for viable Permian-age bacteria.

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    Dennis W. Powers

  2. Department of Biology, West Chester University, West Chester, 19383, Pennsylvania, USA

    Russell H. Vreeland & William D. Rosenzweig

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Powers, D., Vreeland, R. & Rosenzweig, W. How old are bacteria from the Permian age?. Nature 411, 155–156 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35075665

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