Bacterial Diversity

Read the follow links and prepare to discuss them in class. (I.E. bring questions and comments about what you found.)

From Aetiology: The Basics: you and your normal flora, Part I

The Basics: you and your normal flora, Part II

Fecal transplants to cure Clostridium difficile infection

Adaptation and Biological Species Concept

Read the following articles. Then on a separate sheet of paper, write out three unique questions raised by the readings.

Immune snakes outrun toxic newts in evolutionary arms races

How many species? (part 1)

How many species? (part 2)

How many species? (part 3)