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A microbe-dependent world: studying the legume-rhizobia symbiosis for a more sustainable future

Posted on April 27, 2016 by hageyt

This post is by MSU grad student Shawna Rowe Living in a world full of fascinating visual elements and intriguing macro-organisms often results in people forgetting the most abundant group of earth’s inhabitants— microbes. Microbes are not only the most … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: What happens to bacterial communities under selection?

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by Michigan State University postdoc Bjørn Østman. When one gene comes under a new selection pressure, a population can respond by increasing the frequency of the better alleles. This can involve directional … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolutionary Metagenomics: selection pressures on bacterial communities on soil

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU postdoc Bjørn Østman. We would like to know how soil bacteria evolve. They are important for humans and other living things, as they are involved in chemical processes that are … Continue reading →

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