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To: TN4Liberty
It isn't hard to come up with billions of E-coli bacteria. It's not like you have to buy them. If you want to play Mr Scientific Method, knock yourself out.

No problem. For this experiment, without regeneration, you'd need 1x10^88 bacteria. Not in the billions as you propose. A billion would take about one night to grow in a 1/2 liter flask.

54 posted on 09/26/2002 7:08:35 PM PDT by Nebullis
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To: Nebullis
No problem. For this experiment, without regeneration, you'd need 1x10^88 bacteria.

My abacus comes up with the same number.

55 posted on 09/26/2002 7:12:53 PM PDT by AndrewC
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To: Nebullis
No problem. For this experiment, without regeneration, you'd need 1x1088bacteria.

Indeed. This would easily be kept in a volume no more than 370,000 times the volume of the observable universe.

Knock yourself out!

76 posted on 09/27/2002 7:07:29 AM PDT by Karl_Lembke
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