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Very interesting news out of Florida's swamps. This has so many authentic curriculum connections I just had to share. Enjoy! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/04/080407-alligator-blood.html

That was very interesting!! Thanks for sharing.

Hey Kendra,

What an interesting article! I was intrigued by the MrSA connection as well since antibiotic resistant bacteria are a huge problem. For those wanting to extend their reading beyond the National Geographic article. Look here for newsletter from Louisana ESPCoR about Dr. Merchant's work and here is a list of Dr. Merchant's publications. It appears that much of his most recent work in either in press or submitted so you may have to check back periodically.

Great information. Thank you for sharing.

Hi Ruth! I was also intrigued by the antibiotic possibilities! Thanks for posting the other research info! Kendra

Here's a great little video describing the same finding. It is a little more recent (posted 2013). It shows an experiment showing a zone of inhibition of bacteria around the gator blood---pretty cool!