How most life on Earth is dependent on fungi â including you
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How most life on Earth is dependent on fungi â including you
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Fungi can be found as easily during a walk in rain-soaked woods as in the produce aisle, or simply by jabbing a finger into healthy soil. They are essential and ubiquitous. Turn over a rock, dig under the roots of a tree, scoop up a handful of water, open your mouth: there be the fungi. Stop reading for a moment and take a deep breath â youâve just inhaled their spores.
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Sequence-based approaches enable scientists to investigate the roles of viruses in complex microbial communities
March 9, 2021
Diverse microbial communities are found all over the planet, from ocean and soil ecosystems, to our own respiratory and intestinal systems. Only a small proportion of microbes are disease-causing pathogens, whereas many are commensals that regulate important processes, such as nutrient and energy cycling in natural ecosystems, and metabolism, aging, and disease susceptibility in humans. All of these microbial effects are driven by viruses that infect and co-evolve with the microbe, and several technological advances are enhancing scientists’ ability to “see” and study these viruses.
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IMAGE: Researchers analysed the faecal samples of 45 turtles hospitalised at the Sea Turtles Rescue Center (CRTM) and found plastic debris in all 45 samples. Plastic debris in their intestines can. view more
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Sea turtles are witnesses and victims of the high level of plastic pollution of the Adriatic Sea. A group of researchers at the University of Bologna analysed 45 turtles hospitalised at Fondazione Cetacea in Riccione and found plastic debris in their faeces. Besides confirming the role of turtles as ideal sentinels to monitor plastic pollution in the sea, the results of their analysis - published in the journal Frontiers of Marine Medicine - crucially show how the plastic debris in their intestines can dangerously alter their microbiota, eventually compromising their health.
Ohio State testing more people for COVID-19 than some U.S. states Sheridan Hendrix, The Columbus Dispatch
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Ohio State is testing more people for COVID-19 each week than some U.S. states.
The university tested 30,000 people for coronavirus last week, according to a news release Wednesday. That s more than 10 states Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, New Hampshire, Montana, Idaho, Missouri, Arkansas and Maine as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to data from the federal Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.