The recent discovery of a bacteria that can kill zebra and quagga mussels has raised hopes for private and public organizations fighting to control the environmentally hazardous speciesm according to news reports.
New York State Museum researchers Daniel Molloy and Denise Mayer discovered a bacteria strain — Pseudomonas fluorescens — that can kill zebra and quagga mussels without killing other native species in the ecosystem.
Quagga and zebra mussels have not entered Lake Tahoe, but in the past three years the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency has implemented a lake-wide boat inspection program in an effort to prevent aquatic invasive species from entering into the waters of Lake Tahoe.
The complete story is available at the Tahoe Daily Tribune.
