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Plant and animal diversity is declining, but what about microbial diversity?

May 11, 2021September 14, 2021

Spurred by PHE Guest Investigator and microbiologist David Thaler’s publication, “Is global microbial biodiversity increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?” , David and Jesse Ausubel co-author a 900-word essay raising the question of what’s happening to microbes in RealClear Science.

Posted in News, Aquatic environmental DNA (eDNA), DNA Barcoding, Forests, Farms and Materials, Technology & Human Environment, The Microbial Environment

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