Small Things, Big Impact

We tend to think of ourselves as the top dogs on this planet, but the truth is, we share our world with a vast and unseen crew – microorganisms! These tiny bacteria, fungi, and viruses are everywhere, and they play a surprisingly big role in our daily lives.

• University of San Fransisco – Mycoremediation: How Fungi Can Repair Our Land
• Nature – Growth response and mycoremediation of heavy metals by fungus Pleurotus sp.
• Cold Spring Harbor Lab, DNA Learning Center – How insulin is made using bacteria
• Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology – Microbial Cell Factories for Green Production of Vitamins
• American Society for Microbiology – How Microbes Help Us Reclaim Our Wastewater