A group of students, part of an annual Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory with molecular biochemistry professor Scott Strobel from Yale University, ventured to the jungles of Ecuador. The mission was to allow “students to experience the scientific inquiry process in a comprehensive and creative way.”
The group searched for plants, and then cultured the microorganisms within the plant tissue. As it turns out, they brought back a fungus new to science with a voracious appetite for polyurethane.
Read the full article by Michael J. Coren on fastcoexist.com
