Small Things Considered

Talmudic Question #197

Why aren’t any Archaea known to make spores? Read more →

Talmudic Question #196

The establishment of an oxygen-respiring bacterium in the cytoplasm of an archeon might have given rise to the eukaryotes. What was the first adaptive trait... Read more →

Talmudic Question #195

Can you imagine if Schrödinger's cat is hiding somewhere – and if yes: where – in microbiology? Read more →

Talmudic Question #194

Imagine that some life forms in other planets resemble Bacteria or Archaea. Would you guess that they are most like the Gram positives, the Gram negatives or the Archaea? Read more →

Talmudic Question #193

contributed by Michael Eisen
Do you consider mitochondrial DNA to be part of... Read more →

Talmudic Question #192

contributed by Pok Man Leung
The natural habitats of chemolithotrophs such as Lepto­spirillum and Pyrolobus contain organic compounds. Yet, when grown in the lab, these microbes... Read more →

Talmudic Question #191

As a model organism, E. coli played (and continues to play) a key role in molecular biology. Yet, its role in the gut does not appear to be so critical. Read more →

Talmudic Question #190

Which cause more severe diseases in humans, RNA or DNA viruses? Read more →

Talmudic Question #189

Can you imagine an active mode of motion that unicellular microbes are not capable of, but multicellular eukaryotes are? Read more →

Talmudic Question #188

Best we know, which contains the largest number of species: the Bacteria, the Fungi, or the Protists? Read more →