Breaking Ground in Slime Mold Research
Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 11:00
in Earth & Climate
This past summer, Laura Walker became the first scientist to collect slime molds from soils in Panama's Barro Colorado Nature Monument. In doing so, she became one of the first researchers to systematically take samples of slime molds, the most abundant predators of soil bacteria and fungi, in tropical soils.