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Category: Microbiome

Catching a ride on plastic: how dangerous bacteria might travel across oceans
Biological oceanography Climate Change Evolution Human impacts Microbiome Plastic

Catching a ride on plastic: how dangerous bacteria might travel across oceans

Plastic is abundant in the ocean ecosystem. Not only is it harmful to marine animals, but as scientists discovered, it…
January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 Diana Fontaine
Corals get their auras read
Coral Microbiome

Corals get their auras read

Corals, depending on dominant cover type, can influence the microbial community living in the surrounding water. Read on to find…
December 13, 2017 Katherine Barrett
Climate Change Microbiome Sea Ice

The Meltdown: Protists in the time of disappearing Sea Ice in the Arctic Ocean

Sea ice levels in the Arctic Ocean safeguard thousands of marine biosystems. Protists are little known micro-organisms that play a…
February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 Prabarna Ganguly
Book Review Coastal Management Conservation Ecology Human impacts Microbiome Restoration

Summiting Sand Dune Crests: A challenge of restoration

With spring break upon us, we're all looking for a way to unwind and have fun. For some areas relying…
March 21, 2016 Andrea Schlunk
Biogeochemistry Microbiology Microbiome

Of whales and cows: the baleen whale microbiome revealed

Scientists sequenced the microbiomes of several baleen whales that are strict carnivores and found some startling similarities to the microbiomes…
March 17, 2016March 22, 2016 Abrahim El Gamal

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