Fungi identify the geographic origin of dust samples.

There is a long history of archaeologists and forensic scientists using pollen found in a dust sample to identify its geographic origin or history. Such palynological approaches have important limitations as they require time-consuming identification of pollen grains, a priori knowledge of plant spe...

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Main Authors: Neal S Grantham, Brian J Reich, Krishna Pacifici, Eric B Laber, Holly L Menninger, Jessica B Henley, Albert Barberán, Jonathan W Leff, Noah Fierer, Robert R Dunn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4395444?pdf=render