Microbial Population Biology

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Entries from March 23rd, 2010

Blog for week of 3/23

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · General

To reiterate what I assigned in today’s class: For this week’s blog, please find and discuss a scientific report on the potential advantages of sexual recombination.  Please provide a working hyperlink to your article or web resource.

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Microbial biodiversity in pitcher plants

March 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · General

Scientists Uncover Vast Microbial Diversity of Carnivorous Pitcher Plant The microbial ecosystem inside the carnivorous pitcher plant is vastly more diverse than previously thought according to research published in the March 2010 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Researchers from LouisianaStateUniversity used genomic fingerprinting technology to assess the bacterial diversity inside leaves of [...]

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