'It is our obligation to future generations': Scientists want thousands of human poop samples for microbe 'doomsday vault'

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 15:45 in Biology & Nature

The founders of the Microbiota Vault, a project that aims to preserve microbial diversity, have announced that they are ready to grow their frozen microbe collection to 10,000 samples by 2029.

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