Newly discovered microbial world helps protect developing lobsters

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Source: Jeffrey Shields

As ocean temperatures rise and marine ecosystems change, scientists are working to understand how valuable species like the American lobster will respond. Scientists suggest one source of resilience may come from the microscopic bacterial communities living on lobster embryos.

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