(Found, probably) Pink slime invades earth

[martin53545]

I'm looking for a story where a pink "slime" invades and is converting the earth to pink land. The hero of the story finds a way to use the pink substance to bring several historic scientists back to life. Together they save the earth by cutting out the pink stuff and removing it from earth. I think Marie Curie and Issac Newton may have been some of the scientists. Has to be 30 years old or more. Anybody have a title or author?
Thanks.

 

[CassFrank]

This is definitely Manly Wade Wellman’s Giants From Eternity (1959). It has “the blight” (slime) that can resurrect the dead.

From a Goodreads review: “It had to have been the inspiration for The Blob, though it is a lot weirder. In brief, when an alien life form crashes to earth, its mysterious powers are used by the steely-eyed, square-jawed hero (what other kind is there?) to assemble an A-Team of resurrected scientific giants (Darwin! Newton! Pasteur! Edison! Curie!), who then work together to stop said alien life form from engulfing Earth.”

 

[Still Learning]

This is definitely Manly Wade Wellman’s Giants From Eternity (1959). It has “the blight” (slime) that can resurrect the dead.

From a Goodreads review: “It had to have been the inspiration for The Blob, though it is a lot weirder. In brief, when an alien life form crashes to earth, its mysterious powers are used by the steely-eyed, square-jawed hero (what other kind is there?) to assemble an A-Team of resurrected scientific giants (Darwin! Newton! Pasteur! Edison! Curie!), who then work together to stop said alien life form from engulfing E

At long last I can die in peace. I probably read the Avalon reprint of Giants in the early to mid 60s and beginning some time in the 70s or 80s I would remember snippets but not the name or author. Never had that happen with other stories - I either remembered or found them quickly. After the internet became available every once in a while a snippet (pink, blob, asteroid Madam Curie, etc.) would pop up and I would spend a few minutes to hours searching unsuccessfully. Tonight I was tracking down copies of Malcolm Jameson's stuff and I saw a chance reference to The Blob. Several hours later I landed here and the scales fell from my eyes. I also learned that several others have recently had the same question. I know I sound a bit giddy, but I have been trying to solve this mystery for more than forty years. My utmost gratitude to you and Martin.

 

[Pyan]

This gets marked as "Found, probably". It's almost certainly the correct identification, but hasn't got the confirmation, as yet, of the OP.