Nature Reviews Microbiology 8, 386 (June 2010) |
http://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n6/index.html
Biodiversity 2010: the tip of the iceberg
doi:10.1038/nrmicro2380
In this year, the International Year of Biodiversity, we take a look at the mind-boggling scale of microbial biodiversity yet to be uncovered and the potential benefits of increasing our discovery efforts.
Research Highlight: doi:10.1038/nrmicro2376
Abstract
Proteorhodopsin phototrophy promotes survival of marine bactera during starvation
Gómez-Consarnau, L.et al. PLoS Biol. 8, e100358 (2010)
Environmental microbiology: You are what you eat
p387 | doi:10.1038/nrmicro2372
Bacteria present in the gut of Japanese individuals have acquired a carbohydrate-degrading enzyme from marine bacteria that allows them to degrade a polysaccharide only found in seaweed.
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