«Liverworts are showing great promise as a model plant system and this discovery that they can be
colonised by pathogens of flowering plants makes them a valuable model plant to continue research into plant - microbe interactions.»
«Fishing line not only causes coral tissue injuries and skeleton damage, but also provides an additional surface for potential
pathogens to
colonise, increasing their capacity to infect wounds caused
by entangled fishing line,» Dr Lamb says.