Isolation and characterization of live yeast cells from ancient vessels as a tool in bio-archeology
T. Aouizerat, I. Gutman, Y. Paz, A. M. Maeir, Y. Gadot, D. Gelman, A. Szitenberg, E. Drori, A. Pinkus, M. Schoemann, R. Kaplan, T. Ben-Gedalya, S. Coppenhagen-Glazer, E. Reich, A. S. Saragovi, , R. Hazan
The paper isolates and characterizes live yeast cells from ancient clay vessels, showing they are descendants of original fermenting yeast used in ancient beverages.
bioRxiv · Feb 14, 2019Ecology