Researchers reconstruct the genome of centuries-old E. coli using fragments extracted from an Italian mummy - Brighter World

An international team led by researchers at McMaster University, working in collaboration with the University of Paris Cité, has identified and reconstructed the first ancient genome of E. coli, using fragments extracted from the gallstone of a 16th century m…

George Long, a graduate student of bioinformatics at McMaster, is the lead author of a study that identified and reconstructed the first ancient genome of E. coli using fragments extracted from the g… [+4014 chars]

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