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Three Reasons Why Fukushima Radiation Has Nothing to Do with Starfish Wasting Syndrome

This invited post is authored by Chris Mah, a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History researcher. Chris is one of the world’s leading experts…

Microbes New Research Pelagic Polar

Hipster bacteria hate the tropics (it’s too mainstream)

Holly Bik November 6, 2013 Antarctica Arctic Bacteria biodiversity diversity genomics high latitudes Microbes model modeling polar

Terrestrial biologists have it easy (especially those that work in the tropics) – they can just book a plane ticket and wander around the forest,…

Cephalopods Evolution Microbes New Research

All hail! Bacteria that control their squid overlords

Holly Bik June 10, 2013 Bacteria body clock circadian rhythm gene expression Hawaiian bobtail squid Microbes

Squid typically aren’t my thing, but I can certainly be wooed by their microbes. Example: the very awesome symbiotic relationship between the Hawaiian bobtail squid,…

Genetics Habitats New Research Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

Endemic Genomes? Reason #1 to sequence the Deep Sea

Holly Bik April 4, 2013 16S archaea Bacteria endemic genomes genomics high-throughput sequencing Illumina Microbes rRNA

Something to think about: the recent Gibbons et al. (2013) PNAS paper found that *one* site in the English Channel showed a 31.7-66.2% overlap in…

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Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?

Dr. M March 27, 2013 Bacteria Cameron Challenger Deep exploration hadal James Cameron JAMSTEC marianas trench Microbes Trench

When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine…

Fishing Microbes New Research

The mystery of lobster shell disease

Alistair Dove October 23, 2012 Bacteria immunology lobsters shell disease

Most folks I know aren’t shy about crunching into a nice red American lobster and dipping that white flaky meat in some molten butter, and…

Ecology Microbes Organisms

Algal blobs take shape, thanks to bacteria

Holly Bik October 11, 2012 algae Bacteria microbies Symbiosis

What if your physical characteristics (hair color, height, or eye color) were determined by your bacterial microbiome? It might seem far fetched for humans, but…

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A Scientific Feast of Ocean Microbiology – notes from the #asm2012 conference in San Francisco

Holly Bik June 23, 2012 archaea Bacteria Drinking eukaryotes Microbes microbiology ocean viruses

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Microbiology at Sea: A tale of ballast, vomit, and cockroaches

Holly Bik May 17, 2012 Bacteria Ballast cockroaches Microbes microbiome Seasick

California has been a big transition for me. I mean big. Not only am I now living in the sun-drenched utopia I have long pined…

Microbes Organisms Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls

In the oceans, aliens lie hidden and waiting

Holly Bik April 26, 2012 16S Bacteria DNA Microbes rRNA sulfur Thiomargarita namibiensis

The real title of the paper is “Multiple self-splicing introns in the 16S rRNA genes of giant sulfur bacteria”. But who’s going to fall out of…

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