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What is strain 121?

Updated: 4/28/2022
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Strain 121 was discovered in 2003 by Derek Lovley and Kazem Kashefi (Science (vol 301, p 934)) It was isolated from a hydrothermal vent. It was the first microbe to be found to survive and reproduce the temperature used in an autoclave cycle. The bacteria grows best at 106oC with a doubling time of around and hour. Temperatures of 130oC are bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal.

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