Strict biodiversity laws prevent Indian scientists from sharing new microbes with the world
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/strict-biodiversity-laws-prevent-indian-scientists-sharing-new-microbes-world
Klebsiella indica, isolated from the surface of a tomato, is one of the few microbial species reported by Indian researchers this year.
Praveen Rahi spent the better part of the past 3 years identifying and describing a new species of a nitrogen-fixing bacteria he discovered on peas cultivated in the mountains of northern India. But it could take years for Rahi, a microbial ecologist at India’s National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), to get the new species validated and officially named—if he doesn’t get scooped.
Strict biodiversity laws prevent Indian scientists from sharing new microbes with the world
Oct 20, 2020, 9:14pm UTC
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/10/strict-biodiversity-laws-prevent-indian-scientists-sharing-new-microbes-world
> Klebsiella indica, isolated from the surface of a tomato, is one of the few microbial species reported by Indian researchers this year.
> Praveen Rahi spent the better part of the past 3 years identifying and describing a new species of a nitrogen-fixing bacteria he discovered on peas cultivated in the mountains of northern India. But it could take years for Rahi, a microbial ecologist at India’s National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), to get the new species validated and officially named—if he doesn’t get scooped.