Ecology

To the Editor — It has been argued that that we are currently facing the sixth mass extinction event1, and the ubiquitous use of chemicals is one major driver for this loss of biodiversity2. Ecotoxicology, the estimation of environmental risks imposed by chemicals, is therefore an essential backbone for adequate mitigation efforts by stakeholders. However, […] More

Construction of tricolor fluorescent reporter strains Tricolor fluorescent reporters were constructed in the marine model organism R. pomeroyi DSS-3 (wild-type strain, a gift from Prof. M. A. Moran, University of Georgia) to visually report expression of DMSP degradation genes (dddW and dmdA). DddW was chosen due to its strong upregulation response to DMSP reported in […] More