Shell game: How oysters enlist help from microbes

For an oyster, creating an internal environment for calcification that forms its distinctive hard shell is essential. But new Harvard research has found that these bivalves may outsource the work, coordinating with microbes in a manner that may shed light not only on oysters but on how microbes might help with resilience in a changing ocean. The research is published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.