[PCA] NEWS: Bacteria on Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110607121144.htm

Bacteria on Old-Growth Trees May Help Forests Grow

ScienceDaily (June 8, 2011) -- Biology researchers discover that bacteria 
living in mosses on tree branches twice as effective at 'fixing' nitrogen 
as those on the ground.

A new study by Dr. Zo Lindo, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of 
Biology at McGill University, and Jonathan Whiteley, a doctoral student in 
the same department, shows that large, ancient trees may be very important 
in helping forests grow.

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