American scientists, showing the reckless disregard for the warnings implicit in quality science fiction
have revived an ancient lifeform which has been slumbering beneath the Arctic ice pack for 120,000 years.
the scientists believe that their laboratory revenant may be related to indestructible super-aliens yet to be discovered on extraterrestrial iceworlds.
The creature in question is named Herminiimonas glacie
Loveland-Curtze assures us that H Glacei isn't a deadly pathogen like E Coli, however. Though she does sound a note of caution:
"It can pass through a 0.2 micron filter, which is the filter pore size commonly used in sterilization of fluids in laboratories and hospitals," she warns.
In summary, then, we're looking at an ancient lifeform
It's capable of surviving, perhaps, in the most hostile alien interplanetary environments known to man. It can evade mankind's toughest lab sterilisation precautions.
clipped from: www.theregister.co.uk