COSEE Ocean Systems: News
Slime-producing molecules help spread disease from cats to sea otters
Description: The spread of diseases from land animals to sea otters and other marine mammals is aided and abetted by gelatinous, sticky polymers produced by seaweed, reports a research team. These large, complex molecules form slimy biofilms and bind water-borne organic matter into larger particles, in which disease-causing microorganisms can become embedded and introduced to the marine food chain, the researchers discovered. [Source: University of California, Davis]
URL: http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=11045
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Source: University of California, Davis
Publish Date: 10/7/2014
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