Results for "Environmental Science"

Ballast Bedfellows: Unpicking the Ecology of Bacterial Stowaways

New research dissects the microbial communities lurking in ship ballast sediments, distinguishing between hardy generalists and complex specialists. The study reveals that while generalists are better adapted to toxic environments like heavy metals, it is the specialists that underpin the biodiversity of these artificial ecosystems.

By Lv, Mei, Kan, Han, Jiang, Cui, Shi