The Lives of Bacteria Inside Insects
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Nancy Moran, Ph.D.
Warren J. and Viola Mae Raymer Chair Professor Integrative Biology
University of Texas at Austin
My long-term interests are in the biology of symbiosis, particularly that between multicellular hosts and microbes. Symbioses are central in the evolution of complexity, have evolved many times and are critical to the lifestyles of many animals and plants and also to whole ecosystems, in which symbiotic organisms are key players. The primary reason that symbiosis research is suddenly active, after decades at the margins of mainstream biology, is that DNA technology and genomics give us enormous new ability to discover symbiont diversity, and more significantly, to reveal how microbial metabolic capabilities contribute to the functioning of hosts and biological communities.
Summary
https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=51171
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