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Fossil oomycetes from Carboniferous cherts reveal that these notorious plant pathogens had established both saprotrophic and parasitic lifestyles long before the first dinosaur walked the Earth.
This post is adapted from a talk given at The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, by Christine Strullu-Derrien (Natural History Museum, London): “Early terrestrial microorganisms revealed through advanced imaging techniques .”
Publication Date: 2026-06-15