http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/openlab-2010-gut-bacteria-in-japanese-people-borrowed-sushi-digesting-genes-from-ocean-bacteria/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/openlab-2010-gut-bacteria-in-japanese-people-borrowed-sushi-digesting-genes-from-ocean-bacteria/#comment-11106 Jayarava Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:25:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4112#comment-11106 This is what Lynn Margulis et al would call "evolution in action". The change in a bacterial symbiont, brought about by gene transfer, opens access to a new ecological niche. This is what Lynn Margulis et al would call “evolution in action”. The change in a bacterial symbiont, brought about by gene transfer, opens access to a new ecological niche.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/03/21/openlab-2010-gut-bacteria-in-japanese-people-borrowed-sushi-digesting-genes-from-ocean-bacteria/#comment-11105 MikeMcL Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:11:49 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4112#comment-11105 Have you any idea how long it takes for an American, when moving to Japan, to have their gut flora repopulated or is it permanently alien? Have you any idea how long it takes for an American, when moving to Japan, to have their gut flora repopulated or is it permanently alien?

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