Biofilms As River Sentinels

Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 20:35 in Biology & Nature

Researchers in Lyon decided to use the reaction of a group of micro-organisms to the presence of toxic molecules in evaluating the ecological status of a river and thus develop bioindicators based not on species identification, but on their functions in the environment.

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