“When I died, I was greeted by St. Peter at the Pearly Gates, only to find out that I would have to clean up all of those oyster shells. Then I went to Hell, only to discover that I would have to stack all the firewood to keep the fires burning. Then Omar Khayyam stuck his tongue out at me and said, ‘I, myself, am Heaven and Hell.’”

Adano died three times on the operating table on June 22, 1955, and lived to tell about it.

He did everything in threes.

“It was assumed for a long time that gene transfer between different species of microorganisms is a very rare event at best; that view has changed. The available evidence suggests that interspecific transfer of genes has occurred between the three major groups of organisms: archaebacteria, eubacteria and eukaryotes. There is very strong evidence that gene transfer easily occurs between distantly related bacteria. Marcinek, et al estimated that under the natural conditions of a sewer treatment works, between 10 to the 6th though 10 to the 9th gene transfer events between different E. faecalis strains should take place per day. The maximum number of transfer events for the sex pheromone plasmids between different strains of E. faecalis in the municipal sewage water treatment plant was found to range from 10 to the 5th through 10 to the 8th events per 4 hour period [since different computer programs seem to drop superscript, numerical indicators are thus indicated]. This work also indicated that gene transfer should take place under natural conditions following release of sewer effluent.”