Okay… this bit of research just blew my mind.
Researchers took leaf samples from just ONE tree in Panama, and identified over 400 different kinds of bacteria making their home there. Sampling 57 different tree species, the total number of bacteria types ballooned to over 7,000. You can read more about the study here.
That’s a lot. I love this kind of research because it just reinforces how LITTLE we know about this world we live in.… Continue reading this article “One tree’s leaves… over 400 kinds of bacteria!”