Large female leopards can easily be mistaken for small males. But shooting so many females when quotas are based on the assumption that only males are hunted could adversely affect overall leopard numbers. Creel said the project is a good example of ways that modern molecular techniques can help officials monitor and enforce wildlife policies. The study was published in Conservation Genetics. You've read our reports that bacteria are known to huddle together and make a slime called biofilm.
Some fungi do it too.
Candida albicans, a fungus that can cause serious infections among people with compromised immune systems, makes a biofilm. Peter Suci, an assistant research professor at MSU, wants to know why C. albicans biofilms are so resistant to antimicrobial agents. Suci thinks the answer is somewhere in the middle. His project, part of a larger one at the University of Utah, is funded through the National Institutes of Health. Go to Current and Classic MSU-Bozeman Feature Stories Organized by Topic You are the 52nd person to access this page.