Compared to other ancient biomolecules such as DNA and proteins, ancient RNA is
arguably the least studied. The reasons behind this are largely based on a relative lack of …

Paleovirology, the study of viruses from historical or ancient samples, is a relatively
unexplored but promising subfield of ancient DNA (aDNA) and paleogenomic research …

Ice is melting around the world and glaciers are disappearing. Water, which has been solid
for thousands and even millions of years, is being released into streams, rivers, lakes and …

Estudos realizados em amostras de gelo para análise de Ecologia Microbiana e de
Astrobiologia estão sujeitos a contaminação de diversas fontes, incluindo equipamentos de …

Soilborne microbial plant pathogens including oomycetes, fungi, bacteria and viruses cause
several economically important destructive diseases and the symptoms of infection can be …