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It's likely a new kind of bacteria, because of the genetic difference. But that doesn't mean it hasn't made any additional adaptions for living in clean rooms specifically. Maybe it started out as a bacteria that could survive in an environment like that but has become even better at it since.

Though the hostile environment of a clean room would keep population size relatively low and keep them from reproducing too often, compared to bacteria in normal conditions. So their evolution would be slower.



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