One hundred million years old microbes "resurrected"

Japanese scientists have "resurrected" ancient microbes that are 100 million years old.

Now the microbes have been picked up from there, and they have been able to eat and multiply.

The researchers found the bacteria in cores raised from depths of up to 74.5 meters below the bottom.The microbes were detected by staining them with a fluorescent dye, which was supplemented with nutrients and oxygen in small concentrations.

The age of clay samples from the bottom ranged from 4.3 to 101.5 million years.In the 68 days since the beginning of the experiment, some microbes have increased their numbers tens of thousands of times.

As a result, the researchers were able to resume vital activity, practically resurrect, in about 99.1% of the microorganisms found.