Ötzi the Iceman’s remains yielded ‘viable’ yeasts in the lab
The colonies of microbes in the mummy may be thousands of years old
Ötzi’s carefully chilled remains still hold their own microbiome, a finding that could help scientists better protect the mummy from decay.
Marion Lafogler/ Eurac Research/South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology
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