Study Shows that Hitchhiking Bacteria Can Go Against the Flow
Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:27:00 -0500
A new study, coauthored by Virginia Institute of Marine Science professor Kam Tang, reveals that tiny aquatic organisms known as "water fleas," play an important role in carrying bacteria to lake and ocean habitats that are otherwise inaccessible due to stratified density boundaries. For animals as small as bacteria, the boundary between water masses of different temperature and salinity may as well be a brick wall.
Full story at http://www.vims.edu/newsandevents/topstories/bacterial_hitchhikers.php
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Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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