Article Two "Assetizing Diversity" traces the accelerating post-1960s enclosure of the microbial #commons with microbes turning into proprietary or sovereign assets as well as the manifold consequences for microbial exchange & biodiversity #conservation efforts.
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This article traces the history of microbial culture collections to explore the evolution of microbial biodiversity conservation and biotechnological valorization between 1972 and 2022. It shows how a...
