Just a quote from ‘The Fifth Miracle’ by Paul Davies containing information I never knew and thought I’d share:
”Indeed, healthy microbes have been found inhabiting the waste tanks of nuclear reactors, ingesting uranium, plutonium and other radioactive elements. Nor is pressure an obstacle. Common bacteria such as E. coli can be subjected to several hundred atmospheres without undue harm. At the other extreme, viable specimens of the bacterium Streptococcus mitis were retrieved from the surface of the Moon, where they had endured a complete vacuum for two years attached to a camera housing on the Surveyor III spacecraft.”
cool eh? :P