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Talmudic Question #202


Why do bacteria – think Agro­bacterium, Strepto­myces, Bor­relia among others – not care at all if they have linear and circular chromo­somes and episomes (plasmids, prophages) side-by-side in one cell? Read more →

Posted on February 23, 2023 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #200 ─ Our Twitter Poll

by Christoph 
To cele­brate our two hun­dredth Tal­mu­dic Quest­ion "What is the lead­ing cause of bac­ter­ial or ar­chae­al death?" we made a poll on Twit­ter. Thanks to our fol­low­ers we re­ceived more than 100 votes, wow! We sug­gest­ed the fol­low­ing as pos­sible... Read more →

Posted on December 05, 2022 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #201


Given that today is the day that the US celebrates Thanks­giving... What is Pseudomonas syringae pv phaseolicola – inhabitants of the green beans used for the traditional casserole – most thankful for? Read more →

Posted on November 24, 2022 at 01:31 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #200



what is the leading cause of bacterial or archaeal death? Read more →

Posted on October 27, 2022 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #199


Biosynthetic genes for many an­ti­bio­tics evol­ved hund­reds of mil­lions of years ago. Re­sist­ance genes evol­ved con­cur­rent­ly among neigh­bor­ing bac­teria. If most neigh­bors to anti­bio­tic pro­ducers are re­sist­ant, what is... Read more →

Posted on September 29, 2022 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #198


Biologists are often criticized because they do not have a watertight definition of ‘life.’ Is that really so bad? Does that make biology a ‘lesser’ science? Read more →

Posted on August 25, 2022 at 04:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #197


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

Posted on July 28, 2022 at 01:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

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 →

Posted on May 26, 2022 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #195


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

Posted on March 24, 2022 at 01:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

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 →

Posted on February 24, 2022 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

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