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Merry Christmas from Frontiers in Microbiology ๐
We hope you enjoyed our #microbeadventcalendar highlighting the incredible diversity of microbial life on our planet (and the international space station!) ๐ฐ๏ธ๐
Have a lovely holiday!
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Day 24 of our #microbeadventcalendar!
What kind of microbes could you find at the North Pole, home of Santa himself? ๐
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Chloromonas arctica, is a psychrotolerant #alga that has been identified in snow from the high artic!
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#snow #microbe
Today's #microbe for our #microbeadventcalendar is Pseudomonas bathycetes
Microbes are found in the most extreme environments and Pseudomonas bathycetes was the first bacterial isolate from a sediment sample collected from the Mariana Trench ๐
#deepsea #MarianaTrench
December 20!
Five days to go of our #microbeadventcalendar and today is the largest #microbe discovered!
Thiomargarita magnifica was discovered in the mangroves of Guadeloupe
Approximately 1cm long this microbe is visible to the naked eye! ๐๏ธ
Day 19 of our #microbeadventcalendar is a good #microbe! ๐
Bifidobacterium Bifidum is a good bacteria found in the human #intestine
They help break down food and also fight off bad #bacteria ๐
Another day of our #microbeadventcalendar and we need to talk about #yeasts!๐
Yeasts such as the bakers yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) pictured are actually a kind of fungi๐
Did you know that S. cerevisiae was the first #eukaryote to have its genome completely sequenced?๐ฌ
Day 16 of the #microbeadventcalendar is very festive looking!๐
Astrolithium are single celled #protists - which are interesting microbes as rather than being prokaryotic like bacteria, they are eukaryotic!
They are also considered radiolarians due to their star like shapeโญ
Yesterday our #microbeadventcalendar was phages and today is specifically Jumbo phages! ๐
Jumbo phages have a larger #genome than other phages.
You can read more about jumbo phages for free here: https://t.co/9QgaAy5rBl
#microbe #OpenAccess #phage
#MicrobeAdventCalendar
Campylobacter spp. are very good at moving around - here you can see they have a polar flagella at the end of each bacterium, which it uses to move!
Which microbe would you like to see tomorrow? ๐
Streptococcus oligofermentans-if you have a sweet tooth this season youโll appreciate this oral bacterium, which has been found to inhibit the growth of the microbe that can cause tooth caries (cavities).
Day 25
#MicrobeAdventCalendar #scicomm https://t.co/ju8ciafu0q
Thermus bacteria-These bacteria would like to huddle up by the fire this season. Theyโre in your steaming compost preferring 70-75C!, & even in hot springs. They gave us enzymes that enable modern-day PCR, like those used for Covid-19 tests
Day 24
#MicrobeAdventCalendar #scicomm
Full effect! The #MicrobeAdventCalendar holiday tree. Complete with all domains of life (and viruses, letโs not fight about the definition of life right now). Topped with a flashing bacteriophage, one ornament is dyed w/microbe pigments. All handmade. #deckthelab @Addgene
More photos of the #MicrobeAdventCalendar tree. More than 25 ornaments representing different microbes in our world. Each with a remarkable story. @addgene #deckthelab
Final tree with the complete #MicrobeAdventCalendar ornament set (plus more!) It features archaea, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and one microbe ornament even dyed with real microbial pigment. Check out the hashtag to see the description of all the ornaments.
#DeckTheLab @Addgene
Cladosporium cladosporioides- A spore of this ubiquitous fungus, one of the most commonly encountered species in house dust. In a case of mistaken identity, this fungus can trigger indoor allergies, but rarely causes any infections.
Day 23
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Janthinobacterium lividum-A bacterium that produces violacein, a purple antimicrobial that protects amphibians from their own pandemic. This microbeโs lace was dyed w/violacein thanks to @JudeLab_Bard, for a project weโll be launching soon :)
Day22
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Mycobacterium vaccae-A TEM cross-section of this rod-shaped soil bacterium. Taking this microbe helped mice perform faster on maze-tasks & with less anxiety. Check out Chris Lowryโs work for more
Day21
#MicrobeAdventCalendar #Scicomm #SciArt
Photo source: https://t.co/ZGxf4WQ8hf
Acetobacter aceti-acetic acid bacteria. It is used industrially to produce acetic acid (vinegar) which is used in different applications. You will notice the tart aroma acetic acid bacteria produce in kombucha & sourdough.
Day 20
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Streptomyces coelicolor-a single spore of this soil bacterium. This species contributes the smell of fresh turned earth to dirt (geosmin) & makes antibiotics. Blue in honor of the pigment it produces. Itโs one of my fav sp. to isolate
Day19
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