Comment on Is steeped tea sterile?
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I would think so? Unless it has in it some of that weird archea that live around 200º undersea vents…
Comment on Is steeped tea sterile?
neidu3@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I would think so? Unless it has in it some of that weird archea that live around 200º undersea vents…
Contramuffin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s actually a misunderstanding. Sure, regular bacteria can’t thrive at boiling temperatures, but some of then can at least survive boiling temperatures for brief periods of time. In the same way that tardigrades can survive the vacuum of space - they’re not really doing anything in space, but they can enter a state of hibernation that’ll allow them to survive