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Carefully avoiding life-made catalysts such as enzymes, he treated his chemical broth to moderate heat, pressure and other influences that were probably felt in the ancient ocean. Then he analyzed the product and found that it contained a simple nucleic acid. It met all chemical tests, and when its giant molecules were examined under a powerful electron microscope they showed evidence of the twisted, ropelike structure that is characteristic of natural nucleic acids...
With these dinners the Rashmon provides excellent soups (either a sparkling clear broth or a heavier beancurd soup), Japanese pickled vegetables, rice and vokan (Japanese beanjelly) for dessert...
Geologists know that the Bad Nauheim brine gets its salt from the thick Kali and Zechstein deposits 40 miles away, so Dombrowski next looked for bacteria in the salt itself. Guarding carefully against contamination by modern bacteria, he dissolved samples of Zechstein salt in sterilized nutrient broth. After a few days, he examined the broth, found it to be teeming with lively bacteria...
Sure that his colleagues would still suspect that ordinary modern bacteria had worked their way into his broth, Dombrowski developed elaborate precautions to keep the invaders out (including germ-killing ultraviolet light, antiseptic solution, and gas flames), repeated a laborious process 180 times. In 86 cases the broth contained a culture of living bacteria which, Dombrowski is sure, could only have come from the ancient salt. Most of the bacteria were strains of Pseudomonas, whose nearest modern relatives live in the intensely salt water of the Dead...
After reading the profile, I noted that it took a team of three to perform this task. This might be a case where too many cooks spoiled the broth...