THE OLDEST BRYOPHYTE HERBARIUM SPECIMENS FROM CENTRAL EUROPE, COLLECTED BY M. E. BORETIUS IN 1717: TAXONOMY, NOMENCLATURE, DATATION AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY

The Oldest Bryophyte Herbarium Specimens from Central Europe, Collected by M. E. Boretius in 1717: Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Datation and Ethnopharmacology

The WA Herbarium at the University of Warsaw houses a collection of plants created in 1717 by Matthew Ernest Boretius.They were gathered in former East Prussia, near Angerburg, now Węgorzewo (Poland).It is the oldest plant collection from this part of Europe.Boretius compiled the herbarium as a collection of all the surrounding plants, but their f

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Microbial Degradation of Naphthalene and Substituted Naphthalenes: Metabolic Diversity and Genomic Insight for Bioremediation

Low molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) like naphthalene and substituted naphthalenes (methylnaphthalene, naphthoic acids, 1-naphthyl N-methylcarbamate, etc.) are used in various industries and exhibit genotoxic, mutagenic, and/or carcinogenic effects on living organisms.These synthetic organic compounds (SOCs) or xenobiotics a

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