Tag: E. coli
Eric Bapteste on External Genetic Change In “Age-Distorters”
Species are surrounded by other species (often sharing the same body), and therefore may interfere with one another’s fitness.
Viral Video Overstates the Evidence About Bacterial Evolution
Richard Lenski claims that his experiment provides “one of the most direct demonstrations of Darwinian adaptations by natural selection you can imagine.”
Biologist Dustin Van Hofwegen Punctures Claims for Lenski’s Long-Term Evolution Experiment
Perhaps the biggest evolutionary development in the course of the experiment involved some bacteria beginning to feed on citric acid.
Credulity Is the Soil for Darwin’s Tree
The secret is to restrict one’s explanations for life to unguided natural events. Once that decision has been made, everything else flows deductively from it.
Put Some of This on That Wound, Honey
The antiseptic properties of natural honey are getting more attention as antibiotic-resistant bacteria proliferate.