上游充通大学 司 Shanghai Jiao Tong University How long can a bacterial cell survive? In what form? Halophilic endospore-forming bacteria have been isolated from fluid inclusions in an 250- million-year-old salt crystal. (Nature,2000,407:897-900) 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University How long can a bacterial cell survive? In what form? Halophilic endospore-forming bacteria have been isolated from fluid inclusions in an 250- million-year-old salt crystal. (Nature, 2000, 407: 897-900)