WASHINGTON — Certain species of floral bacteria can enhance pollen germination, a study led by researchers at the University of California reveals. The study was published in the journal Current Biology. “This is the first paper documenting stimulation of pollen germination by non-plants,” said first author Shawn M. Christensen, a doctoral candidate in associate professor Rachel Vannette‘s laboratory in the Department of Entomology and Nematology. “Nectar-dwelling Acinetobacter […]

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