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Talmudic Question #182


Difficult as it may be to predict which agent will cause the next pandemic, which *single* measure would you recommend should be taken now to mitigate its future effects? Read more →

Posted on November 26, 2020 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #181

Some authors have written describing single cells as "cog­ni­tive" or "agents with agen­das." Cog­ni­tion may not be far from con­scious­ness… . In what­ever sense you choose, could you ar­gue that bac­te­ria have con­scious­ness? Read more →

Posted on October 29, 2020 at 02:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #180


Why didn’t mitochondria keep a DnaA-dependent origin of replication? Read more →

Posted on September 24, 2020 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #179

There is talk that Vibrio natrigens may supplant Escherichia coli as the model system for many bacterial studies. Do you think that the day of such model systems may have passed and, if so why? Read more →

Posted on August 27, 2020 at 01:24 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #178


Many environmental bacteria appear to be ob­li­gate oli­go­trophs, that is they can only be cul­ti­va­ted on media con­tain­ing very low nu­trient con­cen­tra­tions. There are pro­bab­ly many rea­sons for this.  Which one do you favor and why? Read more →

Posted on July 30, 2020 at 01:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #177

A twist on Schrödinger’s Cat… In­stead of ra­dio­iso­tope, a Gei­ger coun­ter, a poi­son and a cat, in­side a sealed box with a light and kept at am­bient tem­pe­ra­ture and at­mo­sphe­ric pres­sure, you place a Wi­no­grad­sky co­lumn and a sealed vial... Read more →

Posted on May 28, 2020 at 01:05 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #176


Currently, when a bacterial or archaeal genus or species has been well characterized but is yet-uncultured, it is given 'Candidatus' status. Should this practice be continued or is time to abolish it? Why? Read more →

Posted on April 23, 2020 at 01:52 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #175

by Morgan Feeney
Are there any bacterial species that simply never form biofilms/are genetically incapable of doing so? Read more →

Posted on March 26, 2020 at 03:08 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #174


Imagine that the great majority of the microbes on Earth could be cultivated on laboratory media. How do you suggest that, in practice, we handle their humongous number? Read more →

Posted on February 27, 2020 at 02:35 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

Talmudic Question #173


Can you envisage a Winogradsky column consisting of only Gram-negative bacteria (or just Gram-positives, for that matter)? Read more →

Posted on January 23, 2020 at 01:20 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)

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