STCmicrobeblog
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A blog that aims to share appreciation for the width & depth of microbial activities. Posts by Christoph, not necessarily the opinion of all team members of Small Things Considered (STC)
now, compare 𝘗𝘰𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘪 with the suckophant, seriously! #ProtistsOnSky
In reality, influenza viruses do not encounter the mitochondria as these bean-shaped capsules... 👉 smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2... #MicroSky
has anyone else ever run into that annoying glitch when trying to copy two-column text from a PDF? the twisted history of "vegetative electron microsccopy" is nicely dissected in the below 🧵 by @jamesbicycle.bsky.social
compared to their free-living cousins, bacterial (endo)symbionts have reduced genomes, right? well, not the sulfate-reducing 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢 symbionts of the gutless worm 𝘖𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 👇 (STC mentioned them in the 2019 post: smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...) #MicroSky #SymbioSky
one can't help but wonder which Ishihara plate the authors might have used as a template here. certainly not #42 (that one's reserved for doug adams, obviously).
«The Fellowship of the Z Ring» the next chapter... 👇 #Archaea #ArchaeaSky #MicroSky
it is estimated there are more than 10³¹ bacteriophages on the planet.[ www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... so, as a first approximation, every newly isolated phage – including the 14 below👇– was previously unknown. #PhageSky
you're absolutely right, roland! we have so many artists capable of conjuring up fine images of prokaryotes. just to mention @eliza-coli.bsky.social @lizahaart.bsky.social @noemiematthey.bsky.social among others
your visual: do your impressively large bacteriophages really have to look like AI hallucinations of a space battle? less drama, please! besides, the fragments of the exploding bacterial cell aren't covered in a particulate dust, but in goo. #PhageSky 👇AI can do better than that...
christoph: probably thinking of these two guys with a touch of nostalgia...
christoph: giotto's campanile of florence's cathedral santa maria del fiore is worth climbing 400+ steps, glad you did it - and enjoyed it 👏 there are so, so many more beautiful campaniles in italy 🤗 e.g. pomposa (veneto)
...except that Dubai is not in the heart of the Saharan desert, not even in that of the Arabian desert.
(bacterial) cell divisionists take note 👇 happy to learn that this excellent work goes on! 👇 slide shown by tom bernhardt at the '24 EMBO workshop in alcobaça PT #MicroSky
here's a artificial cell from 2022, with way less than 36 genes. nevertheless prepared to divide 'the bacterial way'. see more here: smallthingsconsidered.blog/schaechter/2...
physicists could easily mitigate this by uploading planck's original work(s) to arxiv.org. no copyright concerns
christoph: after all, four seasons had responded with dignity – even with a touch of humor – to the trump administration’s use of its services at the time....