Frozen for 5,000 years in a Transylvanian ice cave, these bacteria shrug off 10 modern drugs, yet scientists found genes that could kill deadly superbugs

Scientists studying microorganisms trapped in one of Europe’s oldest underground glaciers have discovered a bacterium with remarkable survival abilities and unexpected medical potential. According to a study published in Frontiers in Microbiology titled First genome sequence and functional profiling of Psychrobacter SC65A.3 preserved in 5,000-year-old cave ice: insights into ancient resistome, antimicrobial potential, and enzymatic activities, researchers isolated a strain of Psychrobacter from a 5,000-year-old layer of ice in Romania’s Scarisoara Ice Cave.

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