| halophilic archaea cultured from ancient halite, death valley, california. | halophilic archaea cultured from ancient fluid inclusions in a 90-m-long (0- to 100,000-year-old) salt core from death valley, california, demonstrate survival of bacterial cells in subsurface halite for up to 34,000 years. five enrichment cultures, representing three genera of halophilic archaea (halorubrum, natronomonas and haloterrigena), were obtained from five surface-sterilized halite crystals exclusively in one section of the core (13.0-17.8 m; 22,000-34,000 years old) containing perennia ... | 2010 | 19840101 |