A new home for microbes

Elife. 2019 Jun 21:8:e48493. doi: 10.7554/eLife.48493.

Abstract

Modern microorganisms growing in fossils provide major challenges for researchers trying to detect ancient molecules in the same fossils.

Keywords: biochemistry; chemical biology; fossils; infectious disease; microbiology; microbiome; proteins.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Bacteria / growth & development
  • DNA, Ancient / analysis*
  • Dinosaurs / genetics
  • Dinosaurs / microbiology*
  • Fossils / microbiology*
  • Humans

Substances

  • DNA, Ancient