Fungal spores from 250-year-old collections given new lease of life

ScienceDaily
Jun 15, 2021, 1:21 pm106 pts
The biological and historical diversity in museum collections is staggering, with specimens collected across centuries by some of the most famous scientists in history. In a new study, researchers successfully revived museal fungal specimens that were more than 250 years old and used the live cultures for whole…

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