Tuesday, 05 March 2024
Professor Kostas Konstantinidis co-led a study to investigate natural divisions in bacteria with a goal of determining a scientifically viable method for organizing them into species and strains.There has never been a reliable method to cohesively organize bacteria in this way—a problem for researchers since bacteria make up roughly 75% of all living species on Earth.
![A photo of the salter site in Spain where the research was done.](/sites/default/files/styles/gtcoe_wide/public/news/2024/03/header/Salterns.jpeg?itok=kayP1xbT)