Microbe Understudies Await Their Turn in the Limelight
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 22:07
in Biology & Nature
On the marine microbial stage, there appears to be a vast group of understudies only too ready to step in when "star" microbes falter. New work provides the first evidence that microorganisms can be rare for long periods before completely turning the tables to become dominant when ecosystems change.