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?
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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?
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Posted on November 26, 2020 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
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)
Why didn’t mitochondria keep a DnaA-dependent origin of replication?
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Posted on September 24, 2020 at 01:30 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
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)
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?
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Posted on July 30, 2020 at 01:00 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
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)
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?
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Posted on April 23, 2020 at 01:52 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
by Morgan Feeney
Are there any bacterial species that simply never form biofilms/are genetically incapable of doing so?
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Posted on March 26, 2020 at 03:08 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
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?
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Posted on February 27, 2020 at 02:35 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)
Can you envisage a Winogradsky column consisting of only Gram-negative bacteria (or just Gram-positives, for that matter)?
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Posted on January 23, 2020 at 01:20 AM in Talmudic Questions | Permalink | Comments (0)