By Chris Villalta, on June 5th, 2008
A year ago researchers at James Madison University discovered that, Pedobacter cryoconitis, a bacteria first found on the skin of red backed salamanders, was found to prevent the growth of the chytrid B. dendrobatidis, which is currently decimating frog populations.
By Jason Stajich, on May 29th, 2008
Science has a section dedicated to Microbial Ecology including a review describing microbial biogeography studying communities on the basis of trait rather than taxonomic diversity. Certainly this interlinks with metagenomic approaches well, something I’ve been thinking about more after visiting some of the folks at Montana State Thermal Biology Institute and all the increasingly massive datasets [...]
