224: One hundred million year old bacteria

The TWiM team reveals the genetic mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls from sequencing of DNA, and 100 million year old living bacteria recovered from marine sediments.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Elio Schaechter, Michele Swanson and Michael Schmidt

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Links for this episode:

• Elio’s Memoirs
• Genetic mysteries of Dead Sea Scrolls (Cell)
• 100 million year old bacteria under the sea (Nat Comm)
• Image credit

Music used on TWiM is composed and performed by Ronald Jenkees and used with permission.

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