FOR KIDS: The power of microbes
Bacteria that live in the gut may help define species
Web edition: July 15, 2013
Bacteria that live in the gut may help define species
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: July 15, 2013
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This is a jewel wasp. New research suggests its species differs from others not only in its genes, but also in the microbes that live in its gut.
Credit: M.E. Clark/Wikimedia Commons
A living animal is never alone. Its body ? like yours ? is home to trillions of microbes, or tiny single-celled organisms. Those microbes aren?t just hitchhiking. They can play an important role in separating species, researchers now report.Citations
S. Milius. ?Gut microbes may put barrier between species.? Science News. July 2, 2013. [Go to]
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351610/title/FOR_KIDS_The_power_of_microbes
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