Best for you to just buy them in TPG sealed slabs then. Maybe keep them on ice too so they are more likely dormant germs.
Ha, you are right! I can almost guarantee that the last life forms to exist on the earth will be bacterial spores. And many ( no offense intended towards any religious believer) believe life on earth was started by bacterial spores from outside the solar system 5 billion years or so ago.. I do hope I live long enough to see ET and see if their DNA is built like ours I am sorry we are off thread, so I will cease my end of this sidebar. Jim
I know who took that photo, you should probably ask for permission before you take someones photo for use on a forum.