Comments on: Of frogs and fungus http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/ dispatches from Canada's capital Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:23:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-47004 . Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:13:24 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-47004 Sitting at the centre of the exclusion zone, the damaged reactor unit is encased in a steel and cement sarcophagus. It's a deathly tomb that plays host to about 200 tonnes of melted radioactive fuel, and is swarming with radioactive dust. But <a href="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/2095/silent-spring" rel="nofollow">it's also the abode of some very hardy fungi</a> which researchers believe aren't just tolerating the severe radiation, but actually harnessing its energy to thrive. Sitting at the centre of the exclusion zone, the damaged reactor unit is encased in a steel and cement sarcophagus. It’s a deathly tomb that plays host to about 200 tonnes of melted radioactive fuel, and is swarming with radioactive dust.

But it’s also the abode of some very hardy fungi which researchers believe aren’t just tolerating the severe radiation, but actually harnessing its energy to thrive.

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-43233 . Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:19:51 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-43233 "In the group we exposed to chytrid, about 50% to 60% have died," he told BBC News. "But of the ones where we added the bacterium (Janthinobacterium lividum) none have died, and we're about 140 days in now." “In the group we exposed to chytrid, about 50% to 60% have died,” he told BBC News.

“But of the ones where we added the bacterium (Janthinobacterium lividum) none have died, and we’re about 140 days in now.”

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-43232 . Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:19:01 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-43232 <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7438205.stm" rel="nofollow">Bacteria could stop frog killer</a> By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News website The disease that is devastating amphibian populations around the world could be tackled using "friendly" bacteria, research suggests. Scientists have found that certain types of bacteria which live naturally on amphibians produce chemicals that attack the disease-causing fungus. Bacteria could stop frog killer
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website

The disease that is devastating amphibian populations around the world could be tackled using “friendly” bacteria, research suggests.

Scientists have found that certain types of bacteria which live naturally on amphibians produce chemicals that attack the disease-causing fungus.

]]> By: . http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-36381 . Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:48:39 +0000 http://www.sindark.com/2008/03/30/of-frogs-and-fungus/#comment-36381 <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/general/south-african-bug-claws-into-frogs/2008/03/14/1205472093806.html" title="South African bug claws into frogs - General - News - smh.com.au" rel="nofollow">South African bug claws into frogs</a> March 14, 2008 CLIMATE change, the ozone hole, pollution, and habitat loss have been blamed for a global crash in amphibian populations. South African bug claws into frogs
March 14, 2008

CLIMATE change, the ozone hole, pollution, and habitat loss have been blamed for a global crash in amphibian populations.

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