Natural products from reconstructed bacterial genomes of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic (IMAGE)
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Dental calculus (tooth tartar) preserves DNA over millennia, providing unprecedented information about the biodiversity and functional capabilities of ancient microbes.
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Werner Siemens Foundation, Felix Wey
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