Scientists discover 5,000-year-old bacterium resistant to modern antibiotics
Scientists have discovered that a bacterium trapped in an ice cave for 5,000 years is resistant to several modern antibiotics.The bacterium was found in Scarisoara Ice Cave in Romania, where researchers drilled a 25-meter ice core representing about 13,000 years of frozen history.The research was published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.ANCIENT PLAGUE MYSTERY CRACKED AFTER DNA FOUND IN 4,000-YEAR-OLD ANIMAL REMAINSTo prevent contamination, the ice samples were carefully stored […]