> By *******ized, I meant that the little beasties inherited with my
> powdered Carl's starter a few years back have probably had relations
> with the beasties in the organic rye flour, and then generations later,
> after marriages with whole wheat and other such clans of microbes, have
> formed a starter related to, but probably not performing exactly like,
> the original Carl's starter.
>
It sounds like you do the same as everyone else and probably Carl too.
:-)

TG