Researchers discover how microbes cooperate
Friday, December 31, 2010 - 18:30
in Earth & Climate
The find could help improve pollution cleanup and production of biofuels from waste.Ever wonder what microorganisms do on a Saturday night? In professor Derek Lovley's lab at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, doctoral candidate Zarath Summers and her colleagues made a point to find out. In the process, Summers discovered a new cooperative behavior in bacteria.