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Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.

Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.
Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.
Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.
Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.
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Kostel, Kenneth
Megan May collecting shellfish off beach rocks for samples.
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05/18/2015
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Megan May is collecting samples of water, sand, and shellfish to study antibiotic resistance in the marine environment.
At Old Silver Beach, North Falmouth.
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Megan May, graduate student in the MIT-WHOI Joint Program, collects specimens off rocks at a beach on Cape Cod, Mass. May has been researching bacteria in the coastal ocean and in sand on beaches that have developed resistance to antibiotics. An influx of antibiotics and antibiotic-resistant bacteria are getting into the waste stream and ending up in the ocean, where they interact with naturally occuring bacteria in the ocean. May is researching how this phenomenon may be affecting the marine ecosystemwith an eye toward learning whether any changes could have impacts on humans who swim and play on beaches.
Photo by Ken Kostel
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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