Marine microbial communities are complex and dynamic and their ecology impacts biogeochemical cycles in pelagic ecosystems. Yet little is known about the relative activity of different microbial populations within genetically diverse communities. Here we use rRNA as a proxy for activity to quantify the relative specific activity (rRNA/rDNA) of eubacterial […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
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The Johnson Lab visited the American Society for Microbiology, North Carolina’s annual conference this past weekend. We made the long trek up to the big city (a.k.a. Raleigh) on Friday and spent all day Saturday learning about some great microbiology projects going on throughout North Carolina. The ASM conference […]