Record thermophile, with references
quark at umich.edu
Tue Apr 7 10:02:52 EST 1998
Fred & Rachel Brusseau wrote:
> Could there be a unit problem?
> 248 ° F = 120 ° C
> 343 ° F = 172.2 ° C
Good guess, but no. The original article  was refuted a short time
later, and it appears an earlier poster was correct - this is just to
nifty a fact to be put down by factual observation ;-). The first
refutation  is informative, but not the last word either.
 Baross & Deming, "Growth of 'Black Smoker' Bacteria at
Temperatures of at Least 250 deg-C", Nature v303 2 Jun 1983 p423
 Trent, Chastain, & Yayanos, "Possible Artifactual Basis for
Apparent Bacterial Growth at 250 deg-C", Nature V307 23 Feb 1984
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