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Amazon deforestation brings loss of microbial communities
Description: An international team of microbiologists has found that a troubling net loss in diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem is accompanying deforestation in the Amazon rainforest. They found that after rainforest conversion to agricultural pastures, bacterial communities were significantly different from those of forest soils. [Source: e! Science News]
URL: http://esciencenews.com/articles/2012/12/26/amazon.deforestation.brings.loss.microbial.communities
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Source: e! Science News
Publish Date: 12/26/2012
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