Worms Farm Germs: Discovery Illuminates Complex Natural Relationships
February 22, 2017
February 22, 2017
PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 22 -- Princeton University issued the following news release:
A common roundworm widely studied for its developmental biology and neuroscience, also might be one of the most surprising examples of the eat-local movement. Princeton University researchers have found that the organisms have a sure-fire method of ensuring a steady supply of a bacteria they eat -- they grow their own.
The researchers reported Feb. 9 in the journal Proceedings of the . . .
A common roundworm widely studied for its developmental biology and neuroscience, also might be one of the most surprising examples of the eat-local movement. Princeton University researchers have found that the organisms have a sure-fire method of ensuring a steady supply of a bacteria they eat -- they grow their own.
The researchers reported Feb. 9 in the journal Proceedings of the . . .