In article > ,
ess says...
> > Then the article is wrong. You are right that freezing does not kill
> > bacteria but that was not the original claim. Freezing does stop all
> > bacterial action.
> >
>
> you might be surprised:
> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/q...Med&list_uids=
> 10943552&dopt=Abstract
>
>

Permit me to indulge in a minor fit of sighing and eye-rolling. OK, now
I'm done.

"Below freezing" which is what this article talks about means "below 0
degrees C." It does not necessarily mean "frozen." Yes, a few organisms
can exist at temperatures below 0 degrees, but they are not frozen - the
water has not crystallized. That is what we have been talking about.

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