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Talmudic Question #193


contributed by Michael Eisen
Do you consider mitochondrial DNA to be part of a eukaryote's genome? Read more →

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

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 →

Posted on November 25, 2021 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #191

contributed by Micheal Malamy
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 →

Posted on October 28, 2021 at 04:41 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #190


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

Posted on September 30, 2021 at 04:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #189


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

Posted on August 26, 2021 at 04:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #188


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

Posted on July 29, 2021 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #187

by Raymond Cox:  
Why does Brevibacterium grow so slowly? Read more →

Posted on May 27, 2021 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #186


In their classical experiments, Oswald Ave­ry, Colin Mac­Leod, and Mac­lyn McCarty showed that strep­to­coc­ci in a spe­ci­fic growth phase take up exo­genous DNA, result­ing in a trans­for­ma­tion of their phe­no­type... Read more →

Posted on April 29, 2021 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #185


Can you conceive of a virus that can divide by binary fission? Read more →

Posted on March 25, 2021 at 04:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #184


What will be found in the samples collected by Perseverance once they are brought to Earth and fully analyzed? Read more →

Posted on February 25, 2021 at 01:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

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