Seth Bordenstein

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Our new piece in PNAS—THE MICROBIAL WORLD OF MALE REPRODUCTION—comes out November 16th. It’s about how when we think about reproduction and microbes, we almost always focus on mothers. But fathers have a microbial world too. I'll share more then, but in essence...

The uropygial "oil" gland of birds is a specialized organ located at the base of the tail that secretes a lipid-rich oil used to condition feathers, control microbial growth, maintain waterproofing, & provide chemical signals.

Got phylosymbiosis? Ya.

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PA trailing: The green has given away to amber and to gold with a quiet grace that blankets every winding path and crunches happily underneath the bike. Just the best place.

The Holobiont Bioreactor: Microbiome Dynamics, Biosafety Paradoxes, and Ecological Engineering in Black Soldier Fly Bioconversion

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