Comments on: Organisms are Communities: Bacteria, Humans, and Squids

By: When Two Species Evolve Together

When Two Species Evolve Together — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:16:36 +0000

[...] (when two organisms evolve together) is one of the most beautiful features of nature. A previous article of mine delved into one example of mutualism – the bobtail squid and V. fischeri bioluminescence/light [...]

By: Luther Blissett

Luther Blissett — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:11:43 +0000

Wonderful post Becca. The BBC website posted this news item today.
Human gut microbes hold ‘second genome’
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8547454.stm
“Basically, we are a walking bacterial colony,” said Professor Jeroen Raes, one of the researchers involved. “Gut flora is crucial for our health. We’re basically living in symbiosis with these microbes.”

By: Becca Tarvin

Becca Tarvin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:43:48 +0000

Thanks Cait!

By: Caitlin Clancy

Caitlin Clancy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:56:40 +0000

Becca I love this post!! Simply beautiful