NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD: MYSTERY “LEECH” My office is located in a fun hallway. And by fun, I mean that my colleagues are always dropping by and sharing stories about the biodiversity in their daily lives, or as was the last week, the physical specimens that they collected while going about the business of their daily lives.. First, a fish biologist dropped off a camel cricket collected from his basement for our Camel Cricket Census. WHAT IS YOUR CAT’S PERSONALITY? A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it
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UPDATING THE SPECIES SCAPE Updating the Species Scape. As the world’s entomologists gather in Orlando this week for the International Conference of Entomology (ICE), we thought it a good time to revisit the famous Species Scape —the illustration showing that insects make up the largest portion of life on Earth. We scoured textbooks, scientific papers, and online SPECIES SCAPE
2 3 5 4 7 8 6 16 9 12 10 17 14 13 1 15 1 Species Scape 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Insects Plants Non-insect arthropods Fungi Mollusks FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! CHIMPS AND HUMANS ARE LESS SIMILAR THAN WE THOUGHT King compared the genes of chimps and humans. When she did, she was in for a surprise. The humans and chimpanzees were not 50% similar genetically, or 60%, or even 80%, they were 98 to 99% similar, nearly identical. All of the differences between us and them, must relate to the 2%. What has followed has been a rich and detailed consideration, a
ECOLOGICAL MEDICINE: CAN INTESTINAL WORMS CURE US OF OUR Hundreds of self-experiments, tens of thousands of worms In 1976, Jonathan Turton, a British parasitologist was suffering from allergies. Most of the time scientists suffer from maladies just like everyone else. They sniffle. They whine. They ache and curse THE SOURDOUGH PROJECT YEAST RESULTS ARE HERE! The Sourdough Project Yeast Results are Here! The Sourdough Project has some exciting updates to share today! Here is your chance to see some of the data for your individual sourdough starter, data on some of the more common species present in your starter. On the yeast results map (found here) you will find individual points on the maps near
BEFORE THEY WERE SCIENTISTS: MJ EPPS Mary Jane Epps (MJ) is a naturalist, biologist, entomologist, fungi-phile, old-timey music player, urban homesteader, self-proclaimed luddite, weaver and all around information gatherer. It’s fascinating to sit down with her and talk about any topic imaginable; by the end of the conversation you will come away with both new knowledge and a drive to research CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD: MYSTERY “LEECH” My office is located in a fun hallway. And by fun, I mean that my colleagues are always dropping by and sharing stories about the biodiversity in their daily lives, or as was the last week, the physical specimens that they collected while going about the business of their daily lives.. First, a fish biologist dropped off a camel cricket collected from his basement for our Camel Cricket Census. WHAT IS YOUR CAT’S PERSONALITY? A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it alone.
UPDATING THE SPECIES SCAPE Updating the Species Scape. As the world’s entomologists gather in Orlando this week for the International Conference of Entomology (ICE), we thought it a good time to revisit the famous Species Scape —the illustration showing that insects make up the largest portion of life on Earth. We scoured textbooks, scientific papers, and online SPECIES SCAPE
2 3 5 4 7 8 6 16 9 12 10 17 14 13 1 15 1 Species Scape 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Insects Plants Non-insect arthropods Fungi Mollusks FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! CHIMPS AND HUMANS ARE LESS SIMILAR THAN WE THOUGHT King compared the genes of chimps and humans. When she did, she was in for a surprise. The humans and chimpanzees were not 50% similar genetically, or 60%, or even 80%, they were 98 to 99% similar, nearly identical. All of the differences between us and them, must relate to the 2%. What has followed has been a rich and detailed consideration, a
ECOLOGICAL MEDICINE: CAN INTESTINAL WORMS CURE US OF OUR Hundreds of self-experiments, tens of thousands of worms In 1976, Jonathan Turton, a British parasitologist was suffering from allergies. Most of the time scientists suffer from maladies just like everyone else. They sniffle. They whine. They ache and curse THE SOURDOUGH PROJECT YEAST RESULTS ARE HERE! The Sourdough Project Yeast Results are Here! The Sourdough Project has some exciting updates to share today! Here is your chance to see some of the data for your individual sourdough starter, data on some of the more common species present in your starter. On the yeast results map (found here) you will find individual points on the maps near
BEFORE THEY WERE SCIENTISTS: MJ EPPS Mary Jane Epps (MJ) is a naturalist, biologist, entomologist, fungi-phile, old-timey music player, urban homesteader, self-proclaimed luddite, weaver and all around information gatherer. It’s fascinating to sit down with her and talk about any topic imaginable; by the end of the conversation you will come away with both new knowledge and a drive to research CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. BEFORE THEY WERE SCIENTISTS Before They Were Scientists Middle school is a formative period for students. It’s a time for discovery – about one’s self and the process of science. In the interview series "Before They Were Scientists," we learn about the middle school lives of scientists and science communicators. Read on as they offer up advice to their middle school
ECOLOGICAL MEDICINE: CAN INTESTINAL WORMS CURE US OF OUR Hundreds of self-experiments, tens of thousands of worms In 1976, Jonathan Turton, a British parasitologist was suffering from allergies. Most of the time scientists suffer from maladies just like everyone else. They sniffle. They whine. They ache and curse THE LEOPARD IN YOUR SHOWERHEAD The Leopard in your Showerhead. Your showerhead is personal. It is the conduit through which water falls on you to keep you clean. It is also full of life. Showerheads can, in other words, clean you and dirty you at the same time. We are interested in the life in showerheads, particularly the life that accumulates in biofilms (tiny microbial THE SOURDOUGH PROJECT YEAST RESULTS ARE HERE! The Sourdough Project Yeast Results are Here! The Sourdough Project has some exciting updates to share today! Here is your chance to see some of the data for your individual sourdough starter, data on some of the more common species present in your starter. On the yeast results map (found here) you will find individual points on the maps near
CICADA COLLECTION PRO-TIPS This is the term for cicada-induced damage at the tips of tree branches. When females use their saw-like ovipositor to cut small slits and lay eggs in twigs (they prefer those about the diameter of a pencil), they weaken the branch tip. The leaves at the end will die and turn brown. The damage is typically not enough to harm or kill a tree, and
THE WILD LIFE OF CHIMPANZEE NESTS In the guest post below, Adriana reports directly from the field, taking you into the forest, in quest of chimpanzee nests: A strong wind has been blowing all night, noisily moving the plastic of our tents. It is still pitch dark when we come out of our tents, except for the thousands of ARE THERE BARK BEETLES IN YOUR BACKYARD? A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it alone.
THE EFFECTS OF URBANIZATION ON BIODIVERSITY: INTERVIEW Today, we feature an interview with Dr. Myla Aronson, an urban ecologist at Rutgers University. Earlier this year, Myla and colleagues published results from a global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity. I recently caught up with Myla to chat about this study and its implications for biodiversity in cities.
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. WHY YOU SHOULD ADD “SCIENCE FAIR JUDGE” TO YOUR RÉSUMÉ Somehow I escaped the public school system without doing a rite of passage: the science fair. In a way I think I’ve been compensating for that ever since; brainstorming ways to experiment with recipes, making silly putty (on accident) and participating in citizen science projects.
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Your Wild Life Projects. Browse through some of our citizen science and science education projects below. NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD: MYSTERY “LEECH” My office is located in a fun hallway. And by fun, I mean that my colleagues are always dropping by and sharing stories about the biodiversity in their daily lives, or as was the last week, the physical specimens that they collected while going about the business of their daily lives.. First, a fish biologist dropped off a camel cricket collected from his basement for our Camel Cricket Census. UPDATING THE SPECIES SCAPE Updating the Species Scape. As the world’s entomologists gather in Orlando this week for the International Conference of Entomology (ICE), we thought it a good time to revisit the famous Species Scape —the illustration showing that insects make up the largest portion of life on Earth. We scoured textbooks, scientific papers, and online WHAT IS YOUR CAT’S PERSONALITY? A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it alone.
FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! CHIMPS AND HUMANS ARE LESS SIMILAR THAN WE THOUGHT King compared the genes of chimps and humans. When she did, she was in for a surprise. The humans and chimpanzees were not 50% similar genetically, or 60%, or even 80%, they were 98 to 99% similar, nearly identical. All of the differences between us and them, must relate to the 2%. What has followed has been a rich and detailed consideration, a
CICADA COLLECTION PRO-TIPS This is the term for cicada-induced damage at the tips of tree branches. When females use their saw-like ovipositor to cut small slits and lay eggs in twigs (they prefer those about the diameter of a pencil), they weaken the branch tip. The leaves at the end will die and turn brown. The damage is typically not enough to harm or kill a tree, and
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. HOW ISLAMIC SCHOLARS SAVED KNOWLEDGE (AND SCIENCE) Within the Byzantine Empire, Islamic scholars still did science. More importantly, the ancient texts, those not destroyed by the guys with the shiny belt buckles and fondness for pre-literate ignorance, were copied and preserved. Had this not happened, we would have lost even more of
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Your Wild Life Projects. Browse through some of our citizen science and science education projects below. NATURE IN YOUR BACKYARD: MYSTERY “LEECH” My office is located in a fun hallway. And by fun, I mean that my colleagues are always dropping by and sharing stories about the biodiversity in their daily lives, or as was the last week, the physical specimens that they collected while going about the business of their daily lives.. First, a fish biologist dropped off a camel cricket collected from his basement for our Camel Cricket Census. UPDATING THE SPECIES SCAPE Updating the Species Scape. As the world’s entomologists gather in Orlando this week for the International Conference of Entomology (ICE), we thought it a good time to revisit the famous Species Scape —the illustration showing that insects make up the largest portion of life on Earth. We scoured textbooks, scientific papers, and online WHAT IS YOUR CAT’S PERSONALITY? A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it alone.
FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! CHIMPS AND HUMANS ARE LESS SIMILAR THAN WE THOUGHT King compared the genes of chimps and humans. When she did, she was in for a surprise. The humans and chimpanzees were not 50% similar genetically, or 60%, or even 80%, they were 98 to 99% similar, nearly identical. All of the differences between us and them, must relate to the 2%. What has followed has been a rich and detailed consideration, a
CICADA COLLECTION PRO-TIPS This is the term for cicada-induced damage at the tips of tree branches. When females use their saw-like ovipositor to cut small slits and lay eggs in twigs (they prefer those about the diameter of a pencil), they weaken the branch tip. The leaves at the end will die and turn brown. The damage is typically not enough to harm or kill a tree, and
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. HOW ISLAMIC SCHOLARS SAVED KNOWLEDGE (AND SCIENCE) Within the Byzantine Empire, Islamic scholars still did science. More importantly, the ancient texts, those not destroyed by the guys with the shiny belt buckles and fondness for pre-literate ignorance, were copied and preserved. Had this not happened, we would have lost even more of
JOB DESCRIPTION: RESEARCH AND OUTREACH COORDINATOR TITLE Job Description: Research and Outreach Coordinator Title: Research and Outreach Coordinator Working Title: Research and Outreach Coordinator to conduct genetics, genomics, and/or microbiology research and communicate ongoing scientific research to the public, to facilitate the public's
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BLOG – YOUR WILD LIFE Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its By Erin McKenney |. 2018-04-06T14:06:44-04:00. BEFORE THEY WERE SCIENTISTS Before They Were Scientists Middle school is a formative period for students. It’s a time for discovery – about one’s self and the process of science. In the interview series "Before They Were Scientists," we learn about the middle school lives of scientists and science communicators. Read on as they offer up advice to their middle school
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2 3 5 4 7 8 6 16 9 12 10 17 14 13 1 15 1 Species Scape 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Insects Plants Non-insect arthropods Fungi Mollusks FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF Fermented Foods: Harnessing the Power of Microorganisms. Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! CICADA COLLECTION PRO-TIPS This is the term for cicada-induced damage at the tips of tree branches. When females use their saw-like ovipositor to cut small slits and lay eggs in twigs (they prefer those about the diameter of a pencil), they weaken the branch tip. The leaves at the end will die and turn brown. The damage is typically not enough to harm or kill a tree, and
THE SOURDOUGH PROJECT YEAST RESULTS ARE HERE! The Sourdough Project Yeast Results are Here! The Sourdough Project has some exciting updates to share today! Here is your chance to see some of the data for your individual sourdough starter, data on some of the more common species present in your starter. On the yeast results map (found here) you will find individual points on the maps near
HOW ISLAMIC SCHOLARS SAVED KNOWLEDGE (AND SCIENCE) Within the Byzantine Empire, Islamic scholars still did science. More importantly, the ancient texts, those not destroyed by the guys with the shiny belt buckles and fondness for pre-literate ignorance, were copied and preserved. Had this not happened, we would have lost even more of
CITIZEN SCIENTISTS MAKE IMPORTANT DISCOVERY ABOUT CAMEL Grad Student Too Busy, Annoyed to Care about Giant Bugs in Basement In graduate school, I rented a house with a few fellow students on a quiet, tree-lined street close to our university. To be quite honest, we spent very little social time together in this house. BEFORE THEY WERE SCIENTISTS: STEPHANIE SCHUTTLER Dr. Stephanie Schuttler grew up in Buffalo, New York, and went to a middle school that embraced high student achievement. There she wasn’t considered a nerd or picked on for liking conservation or listening to Nirvana. She spent time enjoying “splash hikes” with her family during vacations – putting on old sneakers and hiking up a streambed instead of a trail. Skip to content
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MICROBIAL PARTNERS OF CROP PLANT AGRO-BIODIVERSITY By Lori R. Shapiro, PhD, Dept of Applied Ecology, North Carolina State University and Erik Delaquis, CIAT, Roots, Tubers, and Bananas program of the CGIAR Human agriculture has existed for only 10,000 years - barely qualifying as a rounding error in the 4 billion year history of the Earth. Yet, in this short time, farmers across the world have domesticated an astonishing diversity of plants for agriculture. All plants - including all domesticated crop plants - are host to ‘microbiomes’ – complex communities of bacteria, fungi, viruses and other microscopic eukaryotes that inhabit the surfaces and interior of plant roots, leaves, stems, flowers and fruits. Plant microbiomes function as a Lauren Nichols
2018-12-12T11:32:16+00:00December 4th, 2018|
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A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes November 15th, 2018 (Evening) Beginning ten years ago scientists at North Carolina State University dared to go where few had gone before. They began to explore the biodiversity of belly buttons, bedrooms, backyards, showerheads and food. But they didn’t do it alone. This work required the collaboration of scientists at many other universities as well as that of thousands of non-scientists around the world who helped to take samples, to ask questions and even to think about new kinds of analyses. Now, Rob Dunn and the large team that carried out this work, are ready to Rob Dunn
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FERMENTED FOODS: HARNESSING THE POWER OF MICROORGANISMS Humans have fermented foods, be they vegetables, grains or beverages, for thousands of years. Fermentation has the power to preserve food while also altering its flavor and, in many cases, increasing its nutritional qualities. This power for change comes from microbes! Bacteria and sometimes fungi, such as yeast, tag along with the ingredients used in fermentation, whether they be seal meat, cabbage leaves or radish tubers. In brined (salty) fermentations, we now know that certain types of bacteria called Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) or Acetic acid bacteria (AAB) break down the more complex sugars in plants to make lactic acid or acetic acid, thus making the food more acidic (have
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TAKE THE NEW CAT PERSONALITY TEST The Cat Tracker Project is launching a new cat personality test. Take 10 minutes and complete the survey to unveil your cat's personality characteristics. Your cat will be scored on five personality factors (the Feline Five). Learn more about the test and Cat Tracker at discoverycircle.org.au/cat-personality/. Take the Cat Personality survey!
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STUDENTS DISCOVER UPDATE Overview: Over the last five years we have worked to develop citizen science projects that reach out to the public but also that, more specifically, reach into classrooms and engage students. The core of this work has been funded by a National Science Foundation MSP grant to North Carolina State University, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, and the school systems of Wake County, Alamance County and Pender County, North Carolina. In the ideal scenario, students do real science, their learning outcomes improve, new discoveries are made, and all while fitting within ever changing state and federal standards and their associated calendars. In practice, we sometimes achieve all of Rob Dunn
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IS THAT A MILPA IN A RICE TERRACE? In September, Dr. Lori Shapiro of The Great Pumpkin Project traveled to Vietnam in collaboration with Erik Delaquis of CIAT in Hanoi to characterize microbial communities of New World crop plants - focusing on cassava and pumpkin - that have been introduced to Asia. Today's guest post is a reflection on global crop movement written by Lori Shapiro and Erik Delaquis. Driving North from Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city, we were soon climbing towards the ruggedly scenic Ha Giang plateau (pronounced Ha zang), near the Chinese border. Weathered limestone peaks filled with unexplored caves quickly approached, and the already crisp mountain air rushed through Close up of terraced agriculture
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CALLING ALL DRONES
On Monday, October 9th, Greg Crutsinger woke to an ordinary sort of day. He was looking forward to the week. He was launching a new company called Drone Scholars. His wife had been promoted to an executive director in the non-profit she worked for. His daughter was on her way to being potty trained. Things were good until he heard about the fires that had happened in the night before just north of the San Francisco Bay area in California, not far from where he lived. Fires are normal in California, part of the nature of the state. The plants of California are adapted to fire. The animals too. But Rob Dunn
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THE LEOPARD IN YOUR SHOWERHEAD Your showerhead is personal. It is the conduit through which water falls on you to keep you clean. It is also full of life. Showerheads can, in other words, clean you and dirty you at the same time. We are interested in the life in showerheads, particularly the life that accumulates in biofilms (tiny microbial cities) inside the showerheads. There are many reasons to be interested in these biofilms. For ecologists, these biofilms are relatively simple (they tend to contain few species) and discreet enough to be understood. They are an opportunity to test the newest theories. For medical researchers, these biofilms can contain pathogens. For those who study cooperation,
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2017-10-25T15:28:33+00:00October 24th, 2017|
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THE SOURDOUGH PROJECT YEAST RESULTS ARE HERE! The Sourdough Project has some exciting updates to share today! Here is your chance to see some of the data for your individual sourdough starter, data on some of the more common species present in your starter. On the yeast results map (found here) you will find individual points on the maps near to where you live. The points are labeled with your sample number (for which you can search). The points don’t exactly match the location of your home so as to preserve the anonymity of your starter. But wait, don’t look yet. Before you look, there are some caveats. The first caveat is that while we succeeded in
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2017-10-17T14:51:12+00:00October 17th, 2017|
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GETTING THE MEASURE OF SOURDOUGH BIODIVERSITY We have good news. From the 568 sourdough samples our participants sent us we have completed the first of many stages of identification of the life therein. Most sourdough starters contain both bacteria and fungi. The fungi produce carbon dioxide, the bacteria the acid (usually, we actually think that some of the fungi in sourdoughs are producing acid too). We haven’t identified the fungi yet. Soon though. As for the bacteria, when we first looked at the results, we were in for several surprises. Though it took some steps to get there. In our analyses the first data we see are in the form of a file that contains the
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2017-09-29T21:13:21+00:00September 29th, 2017|
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