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LOCATION:4274 Chamberlin (Refreshments will be served)
SUMMARY:Conversations with the Silent Majority in Soil Microbial Commu
 nities\, Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar\, Jo Handelsman\, Bacteriolog
 y
DESCRIPTION:The soil is the richest environment on Earth.  It contains
  the highest diversity and density of life forms of any habitat\, with
  more than one billion bacterial cells per gram.  The chemical diversi
 ty is also unparalleled\, providing a pharmaceutical cornucopia that h
 as been exploited by humans.  For example\, most of the antibiotics us
 ed in modern medicine are derived from bacteria that reside in soil.  
 The complexity of soil microbial communities makes their analysis chal
 lenging and an accurate census thus far impossible.  My lab's work is 
 directed toward describing the biological and chemical diversity in so
 il using diverse techniques.  In this talk\, I will cover molecular an
 alyses as well as statistical analyses that use great books as a metap
 hor for soil communities.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=1193
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