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âThe results of this research will not only further our knowledge and understanding of euglena as a wastewater management solution, but it will also further the development of the technology and provide a cost-effective alternative solution to current wastewater treatment methods,â Fleming director of applied research Mary Lou McLean stated. - Halil from Bookmarklet - -

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Phylogenetic structure and host abundance drive disease pressure in communities : Nature : Nature Publishing Group (http://www.nature.com/nat... )

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Pathogens play an important part in shaping the structure and dynamics of natural communities, because species are not affected by them equally1, 2. A shared goal of ecology and epidemiology is to predict when a species is most vulnerable to disease. - Halil from Bookmarklet - -

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Here we show that the phylogenetic and ecological structure of the surrounding community can be important predictors of disease pressure. We found that the amount of tissue lost to disease increased with the relative abundance of a species across a grassland plant community, and that this rare-species advantage had an additional phylogenetic component: disease pressure was stronger on species with many close relatives. - Halil - -

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New perspectives on how ecological communities are assembled (http://phys.org/news/2015... ) http://cdn.phys.org/newma...

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What do you get when you combine a professor who literally wrote the book on community ecology and another who has more than 40 years experience as a leader in the field of evolutionary biology? You get a new way to look at how organisms of all sorts interact and evolve to form ecological communities. Two Michigan State University professors published their results in the current issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution, and together they have come up with a new way to think about how evolution and ecology interact in community assembly. - Halil from Bookmarklet - -

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Citrus evolution history revealed with genomes - Science News - redOrbit (http://www.redorbit.com/n... ) http://www.redorbit.com/m...

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From oranges, lemons, and limes, to kumquats and multi-colored grapefruits, the whole world loves us a good citrus fruit. Citrus are among the most important cultivated fruit trees worldwide. The high commercial value of citrus as a crop means that it has been the subject of a lot of research, but the evolutionary history and the origins of citrus as âdomesticatedâ cultivated citrus species were poorly understood. Now, advances in genome technology have allowed scientists to build an accurate picture of the evolution and variability of the genus. - Halil from Bookmarklet - -

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^^^That's an old English nursery rhyme and the ending is not very pleasant, the origins/meaning of most are actually quite grim! - Halil - -

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Scientists reveal how a sea sponge gets its remarkable strength - physicsworld.com (http://physicsworld.com/c... ) http://images.iop.org/obj...

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The clever design underlying the remarkable strength of a sea sponge's anchoring fibres has been unravelled by scientists in the US. The team found that the strength of a fibre comes from the particular way that it is made from about 25 concentric silica cylinders. The researchers believe that this natural design could be copied to make strong artificial materials for use in larger structures such as buildings and aeroplanes. - Halil from Bookmarklet - -

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