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Leidy's legacy.(Letter to the Editor)
Publication: Natural History Publication Date: 01-OCT-05 Author: Windsor, Donald A. ; McMahan, Michael ; Margulis, Lynn
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COPYRIGHT 2005 Natural History Magazine, Inc.
In "Jointed Threads" [6/05], Lynn Margulis implies that Bacillus anthracis--the bacterium that causes anthrax--violates some law of symbiosis because it is a pathogen. She calls it % freak of nature"; I disagree.
The ecological role of B. anthracis is to prevent overgrazing by animals. Its spores lie dormant in the soil of a field until patches of bare ground appear between...
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