David Midgley

Microbial ecologist.

[David Midgley @davidjmidgley]

@Colemanomonas A nameless colleague of mine once added a figure of a goat in a 200 page report on microbiology of a non-goaty nature to some industry partners. Most of these partners laughed and we redacted the goat later, but there’s always that one person...

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Phallus indusiatus growing in Queensland, north of Cairns.

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New paper on specialisation in subsurface lineages of Stappia with colleagues from CSIRO and Macquarie University. @SilasVick @PaulsenLab https://t.co/5PkKAgsAI3

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Dear Microsoft Word Gods: Please take pity on microbial ecologists. Fix OUTs.

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w00t!

[SilasVick @SilasVick]

And I'm very happy to say that I have a new pre-print manuscript available examining the biodegradable components of coal and the microbial taxa responsible for their breakdown. Work done with the @PaulsenLab and @davidjmidgley and his group at the CSIRO. https://t.co/HezuCWSzCB

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Pterostylis curta growing in the wild. These plants form orchid mycorrhiza with Rhizoctonia spp. #orchid #lanecovenationalpark

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Morning walk at Q station, Manly.

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An empty glasshouse at the quarantine station in Manly.

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@AmarantaFocardi @PaulsenLab @drmartyo Congrats Amaranta!

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Lunch at Q Station, Manly. View isn’t too bad.

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Epacris longiflora #ericaceae

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Sergeant Major - these damsel fish are common off Sydney.

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Gloomy Octopus #solitaryislandsaquarium

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Breccia? I'm no geologist. But here is a pretty rock from a beach near Yamba. #geologyneeded #quartz #yamba

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Dry sand with an unsettling pattern caused by waves earlier in the day. The photo is in focus, it’s the sand that’s blurry.

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Aseroe rubra #yamba #fungus

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A friend of mine found this camera in Paris today, on a bench by the River Seine, near the Champs Élysées. She’d love to reunite it with it’s owner. https://t.co/beodytYjlf

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Autumn in Armidale.

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First Tracks Stout. Like coffee and beer had a love child.

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A conga line of puffballs!