Tropical Forest Canopy, Panama (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Tropical Forest Canopy, Panama (1 of 2)

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Smithsonian scientists and colleagues working in Panama discovered that small leaf samples from a single tree were home to more than 400 different kinds of bacteria.

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Beth King, STRI

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