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> now contains bacteria, fungi, or other organisms

Whichever types it contains now, surely it started out with :)




Not necessarily. The bacteria might have evolved inside the bottle.


I don't think it is unreasonable to assume some unique mutations in the bacteria? Depends I guess on what (if any) uv and other radiation gets through -- more perhaps than just the number of bacteria generations one would expect in 40 years...




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